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