GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES. DEVELOPS PROCEDURES AND METHODS FOR THE USE OF DIGITAL GEOSCIENCE PARTICULARLY RA…

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GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES. DEVELOPS PROCEDURES AND METHODS FOR THE USE OF DIGITAL GEOSCIENCE PARTICULARLY RASTER AND IMAGE DATA, IN ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION, AND ASSESSMENT. ASSISTS SCIENTIFIC STAFF IN USING GIS TO CONDUCT PROJECT WORK. PROVIDES DIGITAL GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. WRITE TECHNICAL REPORTS FOR PUBLICATION. ASSIST IN MAINTAINING COMMON-USE NT COMPUTERS AND IN BASIC MAINTENANCE OF UNIX WORKSTATIONS. GIS RELATED TASKING (I.E. ASSISTING IN THE ACQUISITION, MAINTENANCE, AND USE OF DIGITAL GEOLOGIC INFORMATION) WILL BE ASSIGNED BY PROJECT CHIEF, WESTERN REGION DATABASES AND INFORMATION ANALYSIS PROJECT, WESTERN REGION MINERAL RESOURCES PROGRAM, USGS. HISTORICALLY, THIS REQUIREMENT REQUIRED 2.75 FTE TO PERFORM THE TASKING. 2.2 SPECIFIC TASKS: ENTER DATA INTO ARC/INFO USING DIGITIZERS, SCANNED IMAGES, TEXT-FILES, AND/OR DATABASE FILES. IMPLEMENT QUALITY CONTROL ON ACQUIRED DIGITAL DATA USED IN ARC/INFO; FOLLOWS PROCEDURES (FEDERAL GEOGRAPHIC DATA COMMISSION METADATA STANDARDS) FOR DOCUMENTING FILES. PROOF, EDIT, AND ATTRIBUTE ARC/INFO FILES AND COVERAGES. MANIPULATE AND ANALYZE DATA (PARTICULARLY RASTER AND IMAGE DATA) USING ARC/INFO, ARCVIEW (SPATIAL ANALYST AND IMAGE ANALYSIS EXTENSIONS TO PERFORM HYDROLOGIC MODELLING), AND ER MAPPER. CREATE AND PREPARE PRODUCTS FOR PUBLICATIONS (DIGITAL FILES, MAPS, DOCUMENTATION) USING ARC/INFO, ARCVIEW, AND ER MAPPER AND OTHER DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE (E.G. ADOBE ACROBAT, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, ETC). PROVIDE DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION OF WORK CONDUCTED ON ASSIGNED ARC/INFO PROJECTS. PREPARE AND UPDATE TRAINING MATERIALS. WRITE TECHNICAL REPORTS FOR PUBLICATION. FOLLOW ALL USGS EXISTING PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES. INFORM THE SUPERVISOR OF ALL EQUIPMENT AND DATA PROBLEMS. PROVIDE WEEKLY REPORTS TO WR DIA PROJECT CHIEF.