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