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.
- • Participate in the planning or development of mapping projects.
- • Maintain records of survey data.
- • Document methods used and write technical reports containing information collected.
- • Develop specialized computer software routines to customize and integrate image analysis.
- • Collect verification data on the ground, using equipment such as global positioning receivers, digital cameras, or notebook computers.
- • Verify integrity and accuracy of data contained in remote sensing image analysis systems.
- • Prepare documentation or presentations, including charts, photos, or graphs.
- • Monitor raw data quality during collection, and make equipment corrections as necessary.
- • Merge scanned images or build photo mosaics of large areas, using image processing software.
- • Integrate remotely sensed data with other geospatial data.
- • 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.
- • Develop or maintain geospatial information databases.
- • Correct raw data for errors due to factors such as skew or atmospheric variation.
- • Calibrate data collection equipment.
- • Consult with remote sensing scientists, surveyors, cartographers, or engineers to determine project needs.
- • Adjust remotely sensed images for optimum presentation by using software to select image displays, define image set categories, or choose processing routines.
- • Manipulate raw data to enhance interpretation, either on the ground or during remote sensing flights.
- • Collect geospatial data, using technologies such as aerial photography, light and radio wave detection systems, digital satellites, or thermal energy systems.
- • Collaborate with agricultural workers to apply remote sensing information to efforts to reduce negative environmental impacts of farming practices.
- • Collect remote sensing data for forest or carbon tracking activities involved in assessing the impact of environmental change.
- • Provide remote sensing data for use in addressing environmental issues, such as surface water modeling or dust cloud detection.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
