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