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