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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
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Mapping Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Mapping Technicians
- 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
- Field Map Technician
- Draftsman
- Drafting Technician
- Cartography/Mapping Technician
- Cartographic Technician
- Cartographic Drafter
- Cartographic Aide
- Assessment Technician
- Aerial Photograph Interpreter
Tasks for “Geodetic Computator”
- 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.
- 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.
- Complete detailed source and method notes describing the location of routine or complex land parcels.
- Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data.
- Form three-dimensional images of aerial photographs taken from different locations, using mathematical techniques and plotting instruments.
- Identify and compile database information to create maps in response to requests.
- Calculate latitudes, longitudes, angles, areas, or other information for mapmaking, using survey field notes or reference tables.
- Train staff members in duties such as tax mapping, the use of computerized mapping equipment, or the interpretation of source documents.
- Identify, research, and resolve anomalies in legal land descriptions, referring issues to title or survey experts as appropriate.
- 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.
- Redraw or correct maps, such as revising parcel maps, to reflect tax code area changes, using information from official records or surveys.
- Produce or update overlay maps to show information boundaries, water locations, or topographic features on various base maps or at different scales.
- 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.
- 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.
- Compute and measure scaled distances between reference points to establish relative positions of adjoining prints and enable the creation of photographic mosaics.
- Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, the inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations.
- Research resources such as survey maps or legal descriptions to verify property lines or to obtain information needed for mapping.
- Produce presentations of surface or mineral ownership layers by interpreting legal survey plans.
- Determine scales, line sizes, or colors to be used for hard copies of computerized maps, using plotters.
- Supervise or coordinate activities of workers engaged in plotting data, drafting maps, or producing blueprints, photostats, or photographs.
- Create survey description pages or historical records related to the mapping activities or specifications of section plats.
- Trace contours or topographic details to generate maps that denote specific land or property locations or geographic attributes.
- Compare topographical features or contour lines with images from aerial photographs, old maps, or other reference materials to verify the accuracy of their identification.
Related Technology & Tools
- Digital cameras
- Personal computers
- Laser printers
- Protractors
- T-squares
- Drafting templates
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Engineering scales
- Notebook computers
- Plotters
- Desktop computers
- Pocket personal computers PC
- Drafting kits
- Scanners
- Digitizers
- Triangles
- Drafting compasses
- Tablet computers
- JavaScript
- PCI Geomatics eCognition
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Hexagon Geospatial Imagine Photogrammetry
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
- QuarkXpress Passport
- ESRI ArcEditor
- Bentley MicroStation
- ESRI MapObjects
- Trimble GPS Pathfinder
- ESRI ArcCatalog
- Trimble TerraSync
- Database software
- IMAGINE OrthoBASE
- Autodesk AutoCAD Blue Sky
- Digital elevation model DEM software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Writer
- Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office
- Microsoft Office
- MapInfo
- Microsoft Access
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD MAP3D
- PCI Geomatics software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Carlson SurvCADD
- ESRI ArcGIS (analytical or scientific feature)
- ESRI Personal Geodatabase
- Bentley GeoPak Bridge
- Hexagon Intergraph
- ESRI Maplex
- ESRI ArcView 3D Analyst
- Structured query language SQL
- ESRI ArcToolbox
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- 3D Nature LLC Visual Nature Studio
- ESRI ArcSDE
- RockWare ArcMap
- Tripod Data Systems COGO
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Visio
- Web browser software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Graphics software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- ESRI ArcView
- Mapping software
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- TELEDYNE CARIS
- Microsoft Excel
- 3D Nature LLC World Construction Set
- ESRI ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
- MicroSurveyCAD
- Bentley Systems InRoads Suite
- Autodesk 3d Studio Viz
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ESRI ArcIMS
- Adobe Systems Adobe Freehand