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