How do they match: Cartographers and Photogrammetrists

  • Data Mapper
  • Cartography Technician
  • Drafting Technician
  • GIS Technician
  • Geographic Information Systems Technician
  • LIDAR Technician
  • Light Detection and Ranging Technician
  • Orthophotography Technician
  • Photogrammetric Technician

  • Research, study, and prepare maps and other spatial data in digital or graphic form for one or more purposes, such as legal, social, political, educational, and design purposes. May work with Geographic Information Systems (GIS). May design and evaluate algorithms, data structures, and user interfaces for GIS and mapping systems. May collect, analyze, and interpret geographic information provided by geodetic surveys, aerial photographs, and satellite data.

  • Build and update digital databases.
  • Collect information about specific features of the Earth, using aerial photography and other digital remote sensing techniques.
  • Compile data required for map preparation, including aerial photographs, survey notes, records, reports, and original maps.
  • Examine and analyze data from ground surveys, reports, aerial photographs, and satellite images to prepare topographic maps, aerial-photograph mosaics, and related charts.
  • Select aerial photographic and remote sensing techniques and plotting equipment needed to meet required standards of accuracy.

  • Analyze physical, survey, or geographic data.
  • Calculate geographic positions from survey data.
  • Gather physical survey data.