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