GEOGRAPHER

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JOB SUMMARY AND QUALIFICATIONS

Would you be interested in:

Developing expertise in mapping and map design used to guide over 200,000 enumerators in collecting Census information

• Preparing the highly specialized maps and files of geographic data for the Census
• Analyzing data to provide critical, up-to-date information for geographic publications
• Working on our nationwide cartographic and geographic data bases called TIGER
• Planning and monitoring field operations that involve recording and mapping millions of addresses across rural America, as well as updating maps and delivering questionnaires to millions of houses
• Planning and monitoring field operations that involve updating maps and lists of addresses for thousands of jurisdictions across urban America
• Writing instructions and training packages used by thousands of field supervisors and hundreds of thousands of field staff nationwide. 

What you need to know:

Their background includes 24 semester / 35 quarter hours in geography or related fields similar to those listed below. Cartographers usually possess majors in cartography that include 30 semester hours/45 quarter hours in cartography and related sciences such as those listed below of which at least 6, but no more than 15 hours were in mathematics.

• Cartography
• Astronomy
• Photogrammetry
• Physical and Geological Oceanography
• Computer Science
• Land Surveying
• Geophysics
• Physical Geography
• Remote Sensing
• Geology
• Meteorology
• Statistics
• Anthropology
• Urban Studies and Urban Planning
• Geography
• Maps and Map Use
• Economic Geography
• Quantitative Methods in Geography
• Climatology
• Principles of Cartography
• Computer Mapping
• Cultural Geography
• Transportation Networks
• Urban Climates
• Applied Climatology
• Problems in Cartography
• Advance Remote Sensing
• Principles of Map Design

Are you interested in joining us? 

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