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Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
Apply remote sensing principles and methods to analyze data and solve problems in areas such as natural resource management, urban planning, or homeland security. May develop new sensor systems, analytical techniques, or new applications for existing systems.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Manage or analyze data obtained from remote sensing systems to obtain meaningful results.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Analyze data acquired from aircraft, satellites, or ground-based platforms, using statistical analysis software, image analysis software, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS).AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Integrate other geospatial data sources into projects.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Organize and maintain geospatial data and associated documentation.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Compile and format image data to increase its usefulness.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Prepare or deliver reports or presentations of geospatial project information.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Discuss project goals, equipment requirements, or methodologies with colleagues or team members.Mostly human for now
- 08Process aerial or satellite imagery to create products such as land cover maps.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Design or implement strategies for collection, analysis, or display of geographic data.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Develop or build databases for remote sensing or related geospatial project information.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 loss4%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
46%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 59% 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
Above 40% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Discuss project goals, equipment requirements, or methodologies with colleagues or team members.