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