Sagan Center at the SETI Institute, Mt. View, California

The Planetary GIS Data Specialist is responsible for producing “research ready” cartographic and geospatial data for various projects. This work involves interfacing with the supervisor to determine the data processing strategy for a particular project and then executing that strategy.

Responsibilities: Image processing of experimental data records up to map projected images, mosaicking of images, production of digital terrain models from stereo pairs of images, production of other data products derived from the above, production of visualizations of the above data products, and work with supervisor to find the best ways to perform various kinds of cartographic analyses.

Qualifications: Masters degree or equivalent experience in geographic information systems, experience working with planetary data, experience with Unix operating systems, experience with the Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers software, and some programming experience (any language).

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