How do they match: Cartographers and Photogrammetrists

  • Map Editor
  • Map Maker
  • Mapper
  • Mapping Supervisor
  • Cadastral Mapper
  • Cartography Technician
  • Data Mapper
  • Drafting Technician
  • Field Map Editor
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Examine and analyze data from ground surveys, reports, aerial photographs, and satellite images to prepare topographic maps, aerial-photograph mosaics, and related charts.
  • Prepare and alter trace maps, charts, tables, detailed drawings, and three-dimensional optical models of terrain using stereoscopic plotting and computer graphics equipment.
  • Revise existing maps and charts, making all necessary corrections and adjustments.
  • Select aerial photographic and remote sensing techniques and plotting equipment needed to meet required standards of accuracy.

  • Create maps.