Job Title: GIS Technician
Duration: 6 months
Location: Glasgow (Bishopbriggs) Office based Mon to Fri
Rate: £14.60 per hour, via umbrella company
Purpose of the Role To enhance geographic vector databases and associated information using GIS technology, and to provide this content in a timely and cost effective manner for map creation projects. You will adhere to editorial policy and guidelines to ensure that all content is up to date and of a high quality. The main project you will be working on involves capturing physical feature names in Spain, Italy, France or Germany to the core vector and names databases using a variety of authoritative and copyright-free sources.
Responsibility Result/Outcomes GIS data capture
- Capture and edit GIS data to create a highly accurate database of physical features Quality control
- Ensure all GIS data adheres to editorial policy and standards. Information acquisition and analysis
- Work with Information Specialists to ensure best possible information sources are used tocreate and maintain content Time management
- Ensure that all work is done to customer contractual deadlines Person Specification Degree in Geography or related subject Experience of editing GIS vector data within ESRI geodatabases The ability to create high quality mapping from GIS vector databases (training provided)