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Cartographers and Photogrammetrists

Science & Technology

  • Average Salary

    RM3043 - RM 8164

  • Career Trends

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  • Compability

What is Cartographers and Photogrammetrists ?

Collect, analyze, and interpret geographic information provided by geodetic surveys, aerial photographs, and satellite data. Research, study, and prepare maps and other spatial data in digital or graphic form for 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.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM3043 - RM 8164

Example of a Job Position

Map Maker
Compiler
Digital Map Maker
Geographic Information Systems Expert (GIS)
GIS Analyst
Photogrammetric Technician
Photogrammetrician
Production manager
Stereo Composer
Stereoplotter operator

Task

? 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 ? Inspect final compositions to ensure completeness and accuracy ? Revise existing maps and charts, making all necessary corrections and adjustments ? Compile data required for map preparation, including aerial photographs, survey notes, records, reports, and original maps ? Prepare and alter trace maps, charts, tables, detailed drawings, and three-dimensional optical models of terrain using stereoscopic plotting and computer graphics equipment

Knowledge

Mathematics

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles including strategic planning, resource allocation, human resource modeling, leadership techniques, production methods, and coordination between people and resources.

English

Knowledge of the structure and content of English, including the meaning and spelling of each word, composition rules, and grammar.

Geography

Knowledge of principles and methods in explaining land, sea and air mass features, including their physical characteristics, location, reciprocal relationships, and distribution of plant, animal and human life.

Skills

Writing

Communicate effectively through writing that suits the needs of the audience

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Creative

Ability to imagine and create original ideas, especially related to artistic work.

Capability

  • 1

    Information Arrangement - The ability to arrange various things and actions in a certain sequence or pattern according to the rules specified (for example: number patterns, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 2

    Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so that others can understand

  • 3

    Written Understanding - Ability to read and understand information and ideas conveyed through writing

  • 4

    Ability To Count - The ability to do added, less, times, divide quickly and precisely.

  • 5

    Spatial Orientation - The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or, to find out where other objects are in relation to you.

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