How do they match: Surveying and Mapping Technicians

  • GIS Manager
  • Geographic Information Systems Manager
  • I-Man
  • Instrument Man
  • Transit Man

  • Answer questions and provide information to the public or to staff members regarding assessment maps, surveys, boundaries, easements, property ownership, roads, zoning, or similar matters.
  • Conduct surveys to ascertain the locations of natural features and man-made structures on the Earth's surface, underground, and underwater, using electronic distance-measuring equipment, such as GPS, and other surveying instruments.
  • Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports.
  • Research and combine existing property information to describe property boundaries in relation to adjacent properties, taking into account parcel splits, combinations, or land boundary adjustments.
  • Search for section corners, property irons, or survey points.
  • Trace contours or topographic details to generate maps that denote specific land or property locations or geographic attributes.

  • Survey land or properties.