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O*NET detailed work activityPrepare maps
AI-assistCreate & design
7 jobs11 tasks
Use AI to generate lots of options, references and rough mock-ups fast. The craft, the taste and the final call are what make it yours.
Part of Create visual designs or displays, under the O*NET work activity group Thinking Creatively. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (1 AI-ready, 8 AI-assist, 2 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Create and modify maps, graphs, or diagrams, using geographical information software and related equipment, and principles of cartography, such as coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales.
- Create, layer, and analyze maps showing precision agricultural data, such as crop yields, soil characteristics, input applications, terrain, drainage patterns, or field management history.
- Prepare notes, sketches, geological maps, or cross-sections.
- Prepare geological maps, cross-sectional diagrams, charts, or reports concerning mineral extraction, land use, or resource management, using results of fieldwork or laboratory research.
- Draw or read maps, such as soil, contour, or plat maps.
- Plot information from aerial photographs, well logs, section descriptions, or other databases.
- Prepare, develop and maintain maps and databases.
- Trim, align, and join prints to form photographic mosaics, maintaining scaled distances between reference points.
- Design geological mine maps, monitor mine structural integrity, or advise and monitor mining crews.