Before revision: An elaborate toposcope on Beacon Hill in the Lickey Hills near Birmingham, UK A toposcope, topograph or orientation table is a marker erected on hills or 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 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.