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