Mapping Technicians

Tasks Include:

• Check all layers of maps to ensure accuracy, identifying and marking errors and making corrections.
• Determine scales, line sizes, or colors to be used for hard copies of computerized maps, using plotters.
• Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, the inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations.
• Identify and compile database information to create maps in response to requests.
• Produce or update overlay maps to show information boundaries, water locations, or topographic features on various base maps or at different scales.
• Trace contours or topographic details to generate maps that denote specific land or property locations or geographic attributes.
• Lay out and match aerial photographs in sequences in which they were taken and identify any areas missing from photographs.

more »