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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
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Geographers”.
Also Known As…
- Geographers
- 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 “Scientist”
- Teach geography.
- Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.
- Gather and compile geographic data from sources including censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps.
- Analyze geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales.
- Develop, operate, and maintain geographical information computer systems, including hardware, software, plotters, digitizers, printers, and video cameras.
- 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.
- Collect data on physical characteristics of specified areas, such as geological formations, climates, and vegetation, using surveying or meteorological equipment.
- Write and present reports of research findings.
- Conduct field work at outdoor sites.
- Provide geographical information systems support to the private and public sectors.
- Locate and obtain existing geographic information databases.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Tree increment borers
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- X ray diffraction equipment
- Submersible pressure sensors
- Laptop computers
- Sediment samplers
- Video cameras
- Petrographic microscopes
- Optical comparators
- Automatic levels
- Digitizers
- Sonic sifters
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
- Stereo light microscopes
- Sieve shakers
- Ultrasonic sieving systems
- Handheld data loggers
- Sonic anemometers
- Turbidity probes
- Chain saws
- Drying ovens
- Soil samplers
- Rock saws
- High temperature laboratory box furnaces
- Gravity convection ovens
- High-speed centrifuges
- Electromagnetic current meters
- Russian corers
- Digital video cameras
- Flatbed scanners
- Portable data collectors
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Laser particle sizers
- Wind direction sensors
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Atomic emission spectroscopes
- Salinity meters
- Portable fume hoods
- Spinner magnetometers
- Humidity sensors
- Video microscopes
- Soil mixers
- Flow meters
- Total stations
- Tablet computers
- Muffle furnaces
- Hiller corers
- pH analyzers
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- Conductivity meters
- Electronic precision balances
- Demagnetizing equipment
- Sediment traps
- Temperature sensors
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Gas-mixing furnaces
- Sediment coring equipment
- Pressure plate apparatus
- Seismic stations
- Large format printers
- Grab samplers
- Fume hoods
- Dutch augers
- Infrared IR thermometers
- Digital imaging microscopes
- Stereo zoom microscopes
- Sample storage refrigerators
- Digital cameras
- Laser levels
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Photosynthetically active radiation PAR meters
- Deionizers
- Personal computers
- Plotters
- Anemometers
- Total dissolved solids TDS meters
- Cathodoluminescence microscopes
- Polarizing microscopes
- Water current meters
- Water samplers
- Compaction meters
- Mechanical current meters
- Hydrometers
- Powered vibracorers
- Research motorboats
- Abney levels
- Crosscut saws
- Desktop computers
- Portable weather stations
- Truck-mounted drilling rigs
- Powered rock-coring drills
- X ray diffractometers
- Stereographic microscopes
- Laboratory sample splitters
- Soil moisture meters
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Theodolites
- Livingstone corers
- Laboratory dropping pipettes
- Survey altimeters
- Lysimeters
- Ion chromatographs
- Microsoft Word
- MODPATH
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Scientific Software Group RiverMorph
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Pattern searching software
- Martin D Adamiker's TruFlite
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- MapInfo MapMarker
- HydroSOLVE AQTESOLV
- Golden Software Surfer
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- ESRI ArcInfo
- ESRI ArcIMS
- Caliper Maptitude
- ESRI ArcView
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- Golden Software Grapher
- Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS
- RockWare MODFLOW
- SPSS
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Excel
- Groundwater Vistas
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- SAS
- ACD Systems Canvas
- ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI
- Systat Software SigmaPlot
- Lemkesoft GraphicConverter
- Minitab
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Clark Labs IDRISI Andes