How to write sign like that pic
Here's a possibility. You should be more precise about what the symbol is used for.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newcommand{\fourcircles}{%
\mathrel{%
\tfrac{\,{\circ}\,{\circ}\,}{\raisebox{0.25\height}{$\scriptstyle{\circ}\,{\circ}$}}%
}%
}
\begin{document}
$a\fourcircles b$
\end{document}
With smaller circles:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newcommand{\fourcircles}{%
\mathrel{%
\tfrac{\scriptscriptstyle\,{\circ}\,{\circ}\,}
{\raisebox{0.75\height}{$\scriptscriptstyle{\circ}\,{\circ}$}}%
}%
}
\begin{document}
$a\fourcircles b$
\end{document}
I made it \mathrel
, but that can be changed. Automatically works across math styles. Same height as +
sign.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{scalerel,tabstackengine}
\newcommand\mysym{\mathrel{\scalerel*{\ensurestackMath{\setstackgap{S}{0pt}%
\Shortstack{\circ\circ\\{-}\!\!{-}\!\!{-}\\\circ\circ}}}{+}}}
\begin{document}
$a\mysym b+c$
$\scriptstyle a\mysym b+c$
$\scriptscriptstyle a\mysym b+c$
\end{document}
Here's a version that better matches the rule thickness
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{scalerel,tabstackengine}
\newcommand\mysym{\mathrel{\scalerel*{\ensurestackMath{\setstackgap{S}{3pt}%
\Shortstack{\circ\,\circ\\\rule[.5pt]{1.7em}{1pt}\\\circ\,\circ}}}{+}}}
\begin{document}
$a\mysym b+c$
$\scriptstyle a\mysym b+c$
$\scriptscriptstyle a\mysym b+c$
\end{document}
Like this?
This geometer symbol can be draw as small picture: pic
and can be positioned anywhere on map's lines:
\documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
dot/.style = {circle, draw, semithick, fill=white, outer sep=2mm,
node contents={}},
pics/progress/.style = {code = {\node[dot,above left];
\node[dot,above right];
\node[dot,below left];
\node[dot,below right];}
}
]
\draw[very thick] (0,0) -- ++ (2,0) pic [pos=0.6] {progress};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}