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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
Tasks for “Document Image Technician”
- Prepare documentation or presentations, including charts, photos, or graphs.
- Develop or maintain geospatial information databases.
- Calibrate data collection equipment.
- Manipulate raw data to enhance interpretation, either on the ground or during remote sensing flights.
- Verify integrity and accuracy of data contained in remote sensing image analysis systems.
- Participate in the planning or development of mapping projects.
- Collaborate with agricultural workers to apply remote sensing information to efforts to reduce negative environmental impacts of farming practices.
- Provide remote sensing data for use in addressing environmental issues, such as surface water modeling or dust cloud detection.
- Maintain records of survey data.
- 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.
- Integrate remotely sensed data with other geospatial data.
- Collect geospatial data, using technologies such as aerial photography, light and radio wave detection systems, digital satellites, or thermal energy systems.
- Collect remote sensing data for forest or carbon tracking activities involved in assessing the impact of environmental change.
- Monitor raw data quality during collection and make equipment corrections as necessary.
- Operate airborne remote sensing equipment, such as survey cameras, sensors, or scanners.
- Document methods used and write technical reports containing information collected.
- Merge scanned images or build photo mosaics of large areas, using image processing software.
- Correct raw data for errors due to factors such as skew or atmospheric variation.
- Consult with remote sensing scientists, surveyors, cartographers, or engineers to determine project needs.
- Develop specialized computer software routines to customize and integrate image analysis.
- Collect verification data on the ground, using equipment such as global positioning receivers, digital cameras, or notebook computers.
- Adjust remotely sensed images for optimum presentation by using software to select image displays, define image set categories, or choose processing routines.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
- Thermal infrared sensors
- Geophysical magnetometers
- Field computers
- Hyperspectral imaging equipment
- Desktop computers
- Multispectral imaging equipment
- Personal computers
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Plotters
- Radiometers
- Digital cameras
- Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR systems
- Large format printers
- Photo enlargers
- Synthetic aperture radar SAR
- Gamma ray scintillometers
- Web servers
- Thermal infrared remote sensing equipment
- ESRI ArcView 3D Analyst
- Microsoft Excel
- Web browser software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR system
- GeoCue
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Interface definition language IDL
- ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI
- Microsoft Office
- Global positioning system GPS software
- SAS
- Definiens Developer
- Corpscon
- GeoCue Corporation PointVue LE
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Project
- Terrasolid TerraScan
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ESRI ArcMap
- Common MASINT Exploitation Tool COMET
- Microsoft Access
- Applied Imagery Quick Terrain Modeler
- Opticks
- ESRI ArcCatalog
- UNIX
- R
- Bentley Microstation
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- BAE Systems SOCET SET
- Python