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