Topophilia

Definitions are from Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, second edition, unabridged. G. & C. Meriam Co., Publishers, Springfield, Mass. 1936.

topo-

A combining form, Greek topo-, top-, from topos, meaning place, as in: toponeural, toponeurosis, topopolitan, topotactic, topotaxis.

topograph

1. A model or draft of a place.
2. A topographic description.
3. A kind of surveying instrument.

topographer

[Gr. topographos] One who is skilled in, or who practices, topography; one who describes, maps, etc., the topography of a particular place or region.

topographic

[Gr. topographikos] Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive or delineative of a place or its topography; as, topographic studies, surveys, reconnoissance, or relief.

topographic adolescence or youth

Physical Geography. The condition of a district soon after the beginning of erosion by streams, when main branches have well-developed, narrow valleys, but the interstream areas are little modified.

topographical

1. Topographic; concerned with or exhibiting the topography or configuration of a region; as, a topographical description or map.
2. Psychoanalysis. Of or pertaining to the mind conceived as made up of different localities or strata, as conscious, preconscious, unconscious, etc.

topographic infancy

Physical Geography. The condition of a district freshly exposed to the action of surface wateres, when the original hollows are still occupied by lakes and the plains imperfectly dissected by narrow stream gorges.

topographic map

A map intermediate between a general map and a plan, on a scale large enough to show roads, plans of towns, contour lines, etc.

topographic maturity

Physical Geography. The condition of a district in which the land is reduced to slopes, the original upland has been completely dissected, and a new plan of erosion has scarcely begun to appear. Many of the individual river valleys are mature but some of the headwaters of the tributaries may still be in the youthful stage.

topographico-

A combining form for topographic, denoting topographical and, as in typographico-mythical.

topographic old age

Physical Geography. The condition of a district reduced by erosion nearly to base level.

topographics

Topography.

topographist

A topographer.

topographometric

Connected with, or devised for, the measurement of heights, angles, and distances, as for topographic maps.

topography

[LL. topoographia, fr. Gr. topographia, fr. topos place + graphein to write.]

1. The description of a particular place, as a city, town, manor, parish, or tract of land.
2. The art or practice of graphic and exact delineation in minute detail, usually on maps or charts, of the physical features of any place or region, especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations.
3. Localization; geographical distribution.
4. The configuration of a surface, including its relief, the position of its streams, lakes, roads, cities, etc.; as, a map showing the topography of Ohio; hence, loosely, natural or physical features collectively; lay of the land (which see); as, the topography of one's mind or ship.
5. Topographic surveying; the profession or work of a topographer.
   1. Regional anatomy.
   2. A chart or illustration showing the location of the parts, bones, organs, etc., as of a bird or animal.

topolatry

Worship of, or excessive reverence for, a place.

topology

1. A mnemonic method based on association of ideas with places.
2. Topographical study of a particular place; specifically, the history of a region as indicated by its topography.
   1. Anatomy. Regional anatomy.
   2. Obstetrics. The relation between the presenting fetus and the mother's pelvis.
3. Mathematics. The doctrine of those properties of a figure unaffected by any deformation without tearing or joining; the theory of the invariants of the group of continuous transformations; analysis situs.

toponarcosis

[NL., fr. topo- + Gr. narkosis a benumbing.] Medicine. Local anesthesia.

toponym

A name of a place; in scientific terminology, a name designating a region, as of the body, or indicating the location or place of origin of the thing named, as of a plant.

toponymal

Toponymic.

toponymic

Of or pertaining to toponyms, toponymics, or toponymy.

toponymics

The scientific, especially the etymological, study of place names, or of personal or family names derived from place names.

toponymy

1. The place names of a region or language.
2. Toponymics.
1. Anatomy. The nomenclature of regional anatomy.

topophobia

Medicine. Morbid fear of certain places.

topophone

A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed, especially designed for the use of navigators.

topotype

Zoology. A specimen of a species collected at the locality at which the original type was obtained.

Claremont High School has done some work on topological knot theory. I have no idea what they're talking about, but it sounds like they're having fun.

And for other interesting words that somewhat relate to places and maps and geography, check out webster and weaverbird (as well as the rest of this way cool Webster dictionary).