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