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U.S. Dept. of Labor code 19-4099.03Market Standard — pending BLS/OEWS enrichment

Remote Sensing Technicians

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.

What this job is about

Collect and analyze geospatial data using remote sensing technologies.

What this work involves, step by step

AI can help most with the planning, drafting, and paperwork below — not the hands-on parts.

  1. 1

    Collect geospatial data

    Use technologies like aerial photography and digital satellites to gather data.

  2. 2

    Verify data integrity

    Check the accuracy of data in remote sensing image analysis systems.

  3. 3

    Integrate geospatial data

    Combine remotely sensed data with other geospatial datasets for analysis.

  4. 4

    Adjust images for presentation

    Use software to optimize remotely sensed images for clarity and detail.

  5. 5

    Document methods and findings

    Prepare technical reports and presentations detailing the collected data and analysis.

Tools used in this work
Adobe Creative Cloud softwareAdobe PhotoshopAJAXAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2Amazon Web Services AWS softwareAnsible softwareAtlassian ConfluenceAtlassian JIRAAutodesk AutoCADBentley MicroStationCC#C++Cascading style sheets CSSESRI ArcGIS softwareGitGitHubGoogle AnalyticsHypertext markup language HTMLJavaScriptjQueryLinuxMicrosoft .NET FrameworkMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft Azure softwareMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft PowerShellMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft Visual StudioMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows ServerMicrosoft WordMySQLOracle DatabaseOracle JavaPerlPythonRReactSalesforce softwareSAP softwareSASServiceNowShell scriptSplunk EnterpriseStructured query language SQLThe MathWorks MATLABUNIXUNIX Shell

Free — no credit card required. 200 messages included.