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A spotter is someone trained to look for something.

Spotter may refer to:

Sports

Military or policing

  • Spotter (sniping), member of a sniper team who assists in observation of targets and handles ancillary tasks
  • Spotter plane, an aircraft used for surveillance
  • Artillery observer or spotter, a person who is responsible for directing artillery and mortar fire
  • Informant, a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency

Hobby observation

  • Weather spotter, an individual who observes the weather to inform media or others
    • Storm spotter, a weather spotter who observes severe weather events
  • Aircraft spotter, a hobbyist who tracks and records the movement of aircraft
  • Bus spotter, a hobbyist who seeks to see all buses in a particular fleet or produced by a particular manufacturer
  • Wildlife observation, noting the occurrence or abundance of animal species for research or recreation
  • Trainspotter, a person interested, recreationally, in rail transport
  • Ship watching, tracking and observing the passage of various ships
  • Satellite spotter, a hobbyist who observes and tracks artificial satellites that are orbiting Earth

Other uses

See also

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