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Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians

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Assist scientists or related professionals in building, maintaining, modifying, or using geographic information systems (GIS) databases. May also perform some custom application development or provide user support.

10 main tasks · most important first

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01Review existing or incoming data for currency, accuracy, usefulness, quality, or completeness of documentation.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
02Produce data layers, maps, tables, or reports, using spatial analysis procedures or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, equipment, or systems.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
03Maintain or modify existing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases.AI could speed this up a lot
04Select cartographic elements needed for effective presentation of information.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
05Enter data into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases, using techniques such as coordinate geometry, keyboard entry of tabular data, manual digitizing of maps, scanning or automatic conversion to vectors, or conversion of other sources of digital data.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
06Interpret aerial or ortho photographs.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
07Create, analyze, report, convert, or transfer data, using specialized applications program software.People already use AI for this at work
08Design, program, or model Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications or procedures.AI could speed this up a lot
09Perform geospatial data building, modeling, or analysis, using advanced spatial analysis, data manipulation, or cartography software.People already use AI for this at work
10Meet with clients to discuss topics such as technical specifications, customized solutions, or operational problems.AI could speed this up, with extra tools

Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.

Checked O*NET 31.0, August 2026Corrections

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O*NET 31.0 Database, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), 2026-08. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (observed exposure), Anthropic, 2026-03-05. Licence: CC BY.

Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations (v1.1), Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025-12. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

GPTs are GPTs: labor market impact potential of LLMs (Science, 2024), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023. Licence: MIT.

What work can robots do? (robot exposure index), Anthropic, 2026-09-30. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

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