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