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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”
- Calibrate data collection equipment.
- 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.
- Prepare documentation or presentations, including charts, photos, or graphs.
- Document methods used and write technical reports containing information collected.
- Develop specialized computer software routines to customize and integrate image analysis.
- Monitor raw data quality during collection and make equipment corrections as necessary.
- Maintain records of survey data.
- Collect verification data on the ground, using equipment such as global positioning receivers, digital cameras, or notebook computers.
- Integrate remotely sensed data with other geospatial data.
- 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.
- Participate in the planning or development of mapping projects.
- Collect geospatial data, using technologies such as aerial photography, light and radio wave detection systems, digital satellites, or thermal energy systems.
- Verify integrity and accuracy of data contained in remote sensing image analysis systems.
- 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.
- Provide remote sensing data for use in addressing environmental issues, such as surface water modeling or dust cloud detection.
- 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.
- Collect remote sensing data for forest or carbon tracking activities involved in assessing the impact of environmental change.
- Operate airborne remote sensing equipment, such as survey cameras, sensors, or scanners.
Related Technology & Tools
- Thermal infrared sensors
- Desktop computers
- Thermal infrared remote sensing equipment
- Large format printers
- Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR systems
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Plotters
- Multispectral imaging equipment
- Photo enlargers
- Synthetic aperture radar SAR
- Gamma ray scintillometers
- Personal computers
- Geophysical magnetometers
- Hyperspectral imaging equipment
- Radiometers
- Field computers
- Web servers
- Laptop computers
- Digital cameras
- GeoCue
- Microsoft Access
- UNIX
- ESRI ArcMap
- Global positioning system GPS software
- BAE Systems SOCET SET
- Applied Imagery Quick Terrain Modeler
- Microsoft Project
- Web browser software
- Bentley Microstation
- Terrasolid TerraScan
- Corpscon
- Opticks
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Definiens Developer
- Microsoft Office
- Interface definition language IDL
- Microsoft Excel
- ESRI ArcView 3D Analyst
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- SAS
- R
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI
- Common MASINT Exploitation Tool COMET
- Microsoft Word
- GeoCue Corporation PointVue LE
- Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR system
- Python
- ESRI ArcCatalog