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Job Description
Study the nature and use of areas of the Earth's surface, relating and interpreting interactions of physical and cultural phenomena. Conduct research on physical aspects of a region, including land forms, climates, soils, plants, and animals, and conduct research on the spatial implications of human activities within a given area, including social characteristics, economic activities, and political organization, as well as researching interdependence between regions at scales ranging from local to global.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-3092.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 74,090.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 35.00
- Currently, there are 1,370 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Supervisory Geographer
- Scientist
- Research Coordinator
- GIS Physical Scientist (Geographic Information Systems Physical Scientist)
- GIS Geographer (Geographic Information Systems Geographer)
- Geographic Information Systems Program Director (GIS Program Director)
- Geographic Information Systems Analyst (GIS Analyst)
- Environmental Affairs Corporate Director
- Earth Observations Chief Scientist (NASA)
- Political Geographer
- Physical Geographer
- Imagery Analyst
- Glaciologist
- Geomorphologist
- Geographer
- Economic Geographer
- Biogeographer
Tasks for “Geographers”
- Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.
- Develop, operate, and maintain geographical information computer systems, including hardware, software, plotters, digitizers, printers, and video cameras.
- Collect data on physical characteristics of specified areas, such as geological formations, climates, and vegetation, using surveying or meteorological equipment.
- Gather and compile geographic data from sources including censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps.
- Provide consulting services in fields such as resource development and management, business location and market area analysis, environmental hazards, regional cultural history, and urban social planning.
- Write and present reports of research findings.
- Teach geography.
- Provide geographical information systems support to the private and public sectors.
- Analyze geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales.
- Create and modify maps, graphs, or diagrams, using geographical information software and related equipment, and principles of cartography such as coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales.
- Locate and obtain existing geographic information databases.
- Conduct field work at outdoor sites.
Related Technology & Tools
- Salinity meters
- Submersible pressure sensors
- X ray diffraction equipment
- Russian corers
- Water samplers
- Drying ovens
- Digitizers
- Theodolites
- Sediment samplers
- Flow meters
- Digital cameras
- Conductivity meters
- Water current meters
- Laboratory sample splitters
- Powered rock-coring drills
- Anemometers
- Electromagnetic current meters
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Deionizers
- Soil samplers
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Large format printers
- Compaction meters
- Flatbed scanners
- Stereo light microscopes
- Stereo zoom microscopes
- X ray diffractometers
- Polarizing microscopes
- Automatic levels
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- Crosscut saws
- Video cameras
- Survey altimeters
- Handheld data loggers
- pH analyzers
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Tablet computers
- Sediment coring equipment
- High-speed centrifuges
- Pressure plate apparatus
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Chain saws
- Lysimeters
- Total dissolved solids TDS meters
- Sediment traps
- Digital video cameras
- Wind direction sensors
- Temperature sensors
- Sonic anemometers
- Atomic emission spectroscopes
- Humidity sensors
- Dutch augers
- Laboratory dropping pipettes
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Portable fume hoods
- Ion chromatographs
- Turbidity probes
- Plotters
- Tree increment borers
- Hiller corers
- Ultrasonic sieving systems
- Spinner magnetometers
- Cathodoluminescence microscopes
- Electronic precision balances
- Rock saws
- Livingstone corers
- Seismic stations
- Optical comparators
- Infrared IR thermometers
- Laser particle sizers
- Soil mixers
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
- Muffle furnaces
- Gas-mixing furnaces
- Sonic sifters
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Research motorboats
- Fume hoods
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Petrographic microscopes
- Mechanical current meters
- Sieve shakers
- Total stations
- Photosynthetically active radiation PAR meters
- Digital imaging microscopes
- Sample storage refrigerators
- High temperature laboratory box furnaces
- Gravity convection ovens
- Portable weather stations
- Video microscopes
- Demagnetizing equipment
- Laptop computers
- Stereographic microscopes
- Portable data collectors
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Soil moisture meters
- Hydrometers
- Abney levels
- Laser levels
- Grab samplers
- Powered vibracorers
- Truck-mounted drilling rigs
- Scientific Software Group RiverMorph
- Martin D Adamiker's TruFlite
- Golden Software Grapher
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Clark Labs IDRISI Andes
- MODPATH
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- SPSS
- Lemkesoft GraphicConverter
- Microsoft Word
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Systat Software SigmaPlot
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS
- ACD Systems Canvas
- MapInfo MapMarker
- Caliper Maptitude
- Groundwater Vistas
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- ESRI ArcView
- Microsoft Office
- RockWare MODFLOW
- Microsoft Excel
- Golden Software Surfer
- SAS
- ESRI ArcIMS
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Pattern searching software
- ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI
- HydroSOLVE AQTESOLV
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- Minitab