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Job Description
Apply remote sensing technologies to assist scientists in areas such as natural resources, urban planning, or homeland security. May prepare flight plans or sensor configurations for flight trips.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4099.03
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Remote Sensing Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Remote Sensing Technicians
- Research Associate
- Project Manager
- Production Manager
- Meteorologist Liaison
- IP/Mosaic Technician
- Geospatial Extractor, Analysis
- Digital Cartographic Technician
- Compiler
- Aerial Sensing Equipment/Camera and Lidar/Geospatial Extraction
- Aerial Photo Lab Manager Digital Imaging/CAD Tech
- Senior Stereo Compiler Team Lead
- Senior Science Consultant
- Senior Research Analyst
- Remote Sensing Technologist
- Remote Sensing Technician
- Project/Production Manager Imaging
- Project Manager-Process Development
- Photogrammetric Tech
- Orthophoto Tech/Draftsman
- Mosaic Technician
- LIDAR Technician (Light Detection and Ranging Technician)
- Information Assurance
- Graphics Edit Technician
- Document Image Technician
Tasks for “Digital Cartographic Technician”
- Consult with remote sensing scientists, surveyors, cartographers, or engineers to determine project needs.
- Develop specialized computer software routines to customize and integrate image analysis.
- Manipulate raw data to enhance interpretation, either on the ground or during remote sensing flights.
- Calibrate data collection equipment.
- Evaluate remote sensing project requirements to determine the types of equipment or computer software necessary to meet project requirements, such as specific image types or output resolutions.
- Correct raw data for errors due to factors such as skew or atmospheric variation.
- Document methods used and write technical reports containing information collected.
- Maintain records of survey data.
- Adjust remotely sensed images for optimum presentation by using software to select image displays, define image set categories, or choose processing routines.
- Provide remote sensing data for use in addressing environmental issues, such as surface water modeling or dust cloud detection.
- Monitor raw data quality during collection and make equipment corrections as necessary.
- Collaborate with agricultural workers to apply remote sensing information to efforts to reduce negative environmental impacts of farming practices.
- Collect remote sensing data for forest or carbon tracking activities involved in assessing the impact of environmental change.
- Collect verification data on the ground, using equipment such as global positioning receivers, digital cameras, or notebook computers.
- Integrate remotely sensed data with other geospatial data.
- Participate in the planning or development of mapping projects.
- Prepare documentation or presentations, including charts, photos, or graphs.
- Verify integrity and accuracy of data contained in remote sensing image analysis systems.
- Develop or maintain geospatial information databases.
- Merge scanned images or build photo mosaics of large areas, using image processing software.
- Collect geospatial data, using technologies such as aerial photography, light and radio wave detection systems, digital satellites, or thermal energy systems.
- Operate airborne remote sensing equipment, such as survey cameras, sensors, or scanners.
Related Technology & Tools
- Hyperspectral imaging equipment
- Laptop computers
- Web servers
- Personal computers
- Thermal infrared sensors
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Photo enlargers
- Radiometers
- Desktop computers
- Synthetic aperture radar SAR
- Multispectral imaging equipment
- Digital cameras
- Gamma ray scintillometers
- Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR systems
- Thermal infrared remote sensing equipment
- Geophysical magnetometers
- Plotters
- Large format printers
- Field computers
- Corpscon
- ESRI ArcMap
- ESRI ArcView 3D Analyst
- Microsoft Word
- Terrasolid TerraScan
- Python
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Access
- Bentley Microstation
- GeoCue
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR system
- Interface definition language IDL
- GeoCue Corporation PointVue LE
- ESRI ArcCatalog
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Project
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- BAE Systems SOCET SET
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Applied Imagery Quick Terrain Modeler
- Common MASINT Exploitation Tool COMET
- UNIX
- Opticks
- Microsoft Excel
- R
- Global positioning system GPS software
- ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- SAS
- Definiens Developer
- The MathWorks MATLAB