Cartographers & Photogrammetrists

Also called: Cartographer, Photogrammetric Technician, Photogrammetrist, Stereo Compiler

In the Navy: Advanced Strike and Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) Mensuration Analyst; Conversion NEC EA Engineering Aid Basic; Engineering Aid; Geospatial Information and Services (GIandS) Officer; Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Analyst; Geospatial Intelligence Analyst; Intelligence Specialist; Maritime Space Planner; Space Projects Technologist; Strike Warfare Intelligence Analyst; U.S. Navy (USN) Targeting Specialist

What they do:

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.

On the job, you would:

Compile data required for map preparation, including aerial photographs, survey notes, records, reports, and original maps.
Delineate aerial photographic detail, such as control points, hydrography, topography, and cultural features, using precision stereoplotting apparatus or drafting instruments.
Prepare and alter trace maps, charts, tables, detailed drawings, and three-dimensional optical models of terrain using stereoscopic plotting and computer graphics equipment.