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