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