Spotter

A spotter is someone trained to look for something.

Spotter may refer to:

Sports

• Spotter (auto racing), a type of navigator in auto racing
• Spotter (weight training), someone who assists someone lifting a weight in order to prevent injuries
• Spotting (climbing), a person who stands below a climber for accident prevention

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

• Spotter (maneuvering), an individual who helps guide a vehicle
• A local writer for Spotted by Locals travel guides
• Various dolphin species of the genus Stenella
• Shark spotter, someone who engages in shark surveillance for shark attack prevention
• An American term for a banksman

See also

• Spot (disambiguation)
• Forward air control, the provision of guidance to military close air support aircraft
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