Analyzers will often perform the following tasks:

• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Innovators will usually have four main goals:

• Developing or creating new applications, relationships, systems, or products.
• Providing creative ideas or artistic contributions.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Benchmarking, experimenting and testing novel approaches to solving problems.

• Maintaining records of survey data.
• Documenting methods used and writing technical reports containing information collected.
• Developing specialized computer software routines for customizing and integrating image analysis.
• Collecting verification data on the ground, using equipment such as global positioning receivers, digital cameras, or notebook computers.
• Preparing documentation or presentations, including charts, photos, or graphs.
• Operating airborne remote sensing equipment, such as survey cameras, sensors, or scanners.
• Monitoring raw data quality during collection and making equipment corrections as necessary.
• Merging scanned images or building photo mosaics of large areas, using image processing software.
• Developing or maintaining geospatial information databases.
• Correcting raw data for errors due to factors such as skew or atmospheric variation.
• Calibrating data collection equipment.