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