- use desktop publishing and specialist computer software
- design digital or paper based maps
- check maps and charts are accurate and to scale
- edit maps, add and remove new roads, structures or landmarks
- collect and analyse data from remote sensors on satellites and planes
- use GIS to model and analyse landscape features
- plot the heights and positions of
Cartographer | Average UK Salary & Outlook
Cartographers collect information about the geography of an area to design and produce maps, charts and plans.
Cartographers typically work around 39 to 41 hours per week.
As a Cartographer you will typically work evenings.
This occupation tends to be:
- Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
- Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve
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Persistence Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. Initiative Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. Achievement/Effort Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. Dependability Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Innovation Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
