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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
- 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 “Remote Sensing Technician”
- Provide remote sensing data for use in addressing environmental issues, such as surface water modeling or dust cloud detection.
- Maintain records of survey data.
- Merge scanned images or build photo mosaics of large areas, using image processing software.
- Calibrate data collection equipment.
- Verify integrity and accuracy of data contained in remote sensing image analysis systems.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjust remotely sensed images for optimum presentation by using software to select image displays, define image set categories, or choose processing routines.
- 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.
- Consult with remote sensing scientists, surveyors, cartographers, or engineers to determine project needs.
- Prepare documentation or presentations, including charts, photos, or graphs.
- 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.
- Operate airborne remote sensing equipment, such as survey cameras, sensors, or scanners.
- Monitor raw data quality during collection and make equipment corrections as necessary.
- 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.
- Participate in the planning or development of mapping projects.
- Manipulate raw data to enhance interpretation, either on the ground or during remote sensing flights.
Related Technology & Tools
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Personal computers
- Digital cameras
- Thermal infrared remote sensing equipment
- Web servers
- Field computers
- Thermal infrared sensors
- Multispectral imaging equipment
- Plotters
- Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR systems
- Gamma ray scintillometers
- Hyperspectral imaging equipment
- Photo enlargers
- Laptop computers
- Radiometers
- Geophysical magnetometers
- Synthetic aperture radar SAR
- Desktop computers
- Large format printers
- Laser imaging detection and ranging LIDAR system
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Microsoft Project
- Definiens Developer
- Corpscon
- Common MASINT Exploitation Tool COMET
- GeoCue Corporation PointVue LE
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Opticks
- Microsoft Access
- Terrasolid TerraScan
- SAS
- Python
- ESRI ArcMap
- Applied Imagery Quick Terrain Modeler
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Web browser software
- R
- BAE Systems SOCET SET
- ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI
- Bentley Microstation
- Interface definition language IDL
- UNIX
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ESRI ArcCatalog
- Microsoft Excel
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- ESRI ArcView 3D Analyst
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- GeoCue