Before revision: An elaborate toposcope on Beacon Hill in the Lickey Hills near Birmingham, UK A toposcope, topograph, or orientation table is a kind of map erected on scenic overlooks or other high places which indicates the direction, and usually the distance, to notable landscape features which can be seen from that point.
After revision: An elaborate toposcope on Beacon Hill in the Lickey Hills near Birmingham, UK A toposcope, topograph, or orientation table is a kind of compass card erected at viewing points on hills, mountains or other high places which indicates the direction, and usually the distance, to notable landscape features which can be seen from that point.