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