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