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Cartographers and Photogrammetrists

ID

work_architecture_engineering/cartographers_and_photogrammetrists

Type

TASK

Children

14

Child Nodes (14)

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Compile data required for map preparation, including aerial photographs, survey notes, records, reports, and original maps.

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Delineate aerial photographic detail, such as control points, hydrography, topography, and cultural features, using precision stereoplotting apparatus or drafting instruments.

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Prepare and alter trace maps, charts, tables, detailed drawings, and three-dimensional optical models of terrain using stereoscopic plotting and computer graphics equipment.

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Study legal records to establish boundaries of local, national, and international properties.

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Inspect final compositions to ensure completeness and accuracy.

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Revise existing maps and charts, making all necessary corrections and adjustments.

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Identify, scale, and orient geodetic points, elevations, and other planimetric or topographic features, applying standard mathematical formulas.

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Collect information about specific features of the Earth, using aerial photography and other digital remote sensing techniques.

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Examine and analyze data from ground surveys, reports, aerial photographs, and satellite images to prepare topographic maps, aerial-photograph mosaics, and related charts.

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Build and update digital databases.

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Determine map content and layout, as well as production specifications such as scale, size, projection, and colors, and direct production to ensure that specifications are followed.

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Determine guidelines that specify which source material is acceptable for use.

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Select aerial photographic and remote sensing techniques and plotting equipment needed to meet required standards of accuracy.

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Travel over photographed areas to observe, identify, record, and verify all relevant features.