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Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians
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
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 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.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss31%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
59%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 87% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps software developers use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.