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Job Description
Calculate mapmaking information from field notes, and draw and verify accuracy of topographical maps.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3031.02
Also Known As…
- Tax Map Technician
- Stereoplotter Operator
- Photogrammetric Technician
- Photogrammetric Stereo Compiler
- Photogrammetric Compilation Specialist
- Mapping Technician
- Mapping Editor
- Geospatial Analyst
- CAD Technician (Computer Aided Design Technician)
- Aerotriangulation Specialist
- Topographical Drafter
- Topographic Computator
- Technical Illustrations Map Inker
- Survey and Mapping Technician
- Stereo Plotter Operator
- Stereo Map Plotter Operator
- Stereo Compiler
- Plane Tableman
- Mosaicist
- Mapping Supervisor
- Mapping Specialist
- Map Editor
- Map Drafter
- Map Compiler
- Geodetic Computator
- Field Map Technician
- Draftsman
- Drafting Technician
- Cartography/Mapping Technician
- Cartographic Technician
- Cartographic Drafter
- Cartographic Aide
- Assessment Technician
- Aerial Photograph Interpreter
Tasks for “Mapping Technicians”
- Identify and compile database information to create maps in response to requests.
- Check all layers of maps to ensure accuracy, identifying and marking errors and making corrections.
- Analyze aerial photographs to detect and interpret significant military, industrial, resource, or topographical data.
- Identify, research, and resolve anomalies in legal land descriptions, referring issues to title or survey experts as appropriate.
- Trace contours or topographic details to generate maps that denote specific land or property locations or geographic attributes.
- Create survey description pages or historical records related to the mapping activities or specifications of section plats.
- Determine scales, line sizes, or colors to be used for hard copies of computerized maps, using plotters.
- Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data.
- Produce or update overlay maps to show information boundaries, water locations, or topographic features on various base maps or at different scales.
- Research and combine existing property information to describe property boundaries in relation to adjacent properties, taking into account parcel splits, combinations, or land boundary adjustments.
- Supervise or coordinate activities of workers engaged in plotting data, drafting maps, or producing blueprints, photostats, or photographs.
- Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, the inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations.
- Complete detailed source and method notes describing the location of routine or complex land parcels.
- Compute and measure scaled distances between reference points to establish relative positions of adjoining prints and enable the creation of photographic mosaics.
- Answer questions and provide information to the public or to staff members regarding assessment maps, surveys, boundaries, easements, property ownership, roads, zoning, or similar matters.
- Train staff members in duties such as tax mapping, the use of computerized mapping equipment, or the interpretation of source documents.
- Produce presentations of surface or mineral ownership layers by interpreting legal survey plans.
- Compare topographical features or contour lines with images from aerial photographs, old maps, or other reference materials to verify the accuracy of their identification.
- Research resources such as survey maps or legal descriptions to verify property lines or to obtain information needed for mapping.
- Enter Global Positioning System (GPS) data, legal deeds, field notes, or land survey reports into geographic information system (GIS) workstations so that information can be transformed into graphic land descriptions, such as maps or drawings.
- Lay out and match aerial photographs in sequences in which they were taken and identify any areas missing from photographs.
- Trim, align, and join prints to form photographic mosaics, maintaining scaled distances between reference points.
- Form three-dimensional images of aerial photographs taken from different locations, using mathematical techniques and plotting instruments.
- Redraw or correct maps, such as revising parcel maps, to reflect tax code area changes, using information from official records or surveys.
- Calculate latitudes, longitudes, angles, areas, or other information for mapmaking, using survey field notes or reference tables.
Related Technology & Tools
- Desktop computers
- Scanners
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Engineering scales
- Personal computers
- Drafting templates
- Protractors
- Digital cameras
- Plotters
- Drafting compasses
- Tablet computers
- Notebook computers
- T-squares
- Pocket personal computers PC
- Laser printers
- Digitizers
- Drafting kits
- Triangles
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- PCI Geomatics software
- Microsoft Visio
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Trimble GPS Pathfinder
- ESRI ArcEditor
- ESRI ArcView 3D Analyst
- Bentley MicroStation
- ESRI ArcInfo
- IMAGINE OrthoBASE
- Graphics software
- Carlson SurvCADD
- Bentley Systems InRoads Suite
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Freehand
- PCI Geomatics eCognition
- ESRI Personal Geodatabase
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- RockWare ArcMap
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
- ESRI Maplex
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- ESRI ArcIMS
- Adobe Systems Adobe Writer
- Autodesk AutoCAD Blue Sky
- ESRI ArcGIS (analytical or scientific feature)
- Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
- ESRI ArcSDE
- TELEDYNE CARIS
- Mapping software
- Autodesk AutoCAD MAP3D
- MapInfo
- ESRI MapObjects
- ESRI ArcView
- Digital elevation model DEM software
- Hexagon Intergraph
- Autodesk 3d Studio Viz
- Microsoft Office
- ESRI ArcCatalog
- Database software
- Microsoft Excel
- ESRI ArcToolbox
- MicroSurveyCAD
- Bentley GeoPak Bridge
- 3D Nature LLC World Construction Set
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Tripod Data Systems COGO
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Structured query language SQL
- 3D Nature LLC Visual Nature Studio
- Microsoft Access
- ESRI ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
- JavaScript
- Web browser software
- QuarkXpress Passport
- Hexagon Geospatial Imagine Photogrammetry
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Trimble TerraSync