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(U) Cartographer (Journeyman):Locations: Springfield VA, Fort Detrick, Silver SPrings, MD

The Martime Safety Office (SFH) seeks to increase In-House DNC/ENC (Digital Nautical Charts/Electronic Navigation Charts) production and contract DNC/ENC production capacity which will allow SFH to respond more rapidly to customer requests and to enhance the quality and accuracy of SFH’s DNC/ENC portfolio. The scop f work for DNC/ENC production includes, but is not limited to support the following functions:
• Source evaluation of rasterized nautical charts, ENC, digital hydrographic survey data, Notices to Mariners (NtM), orthorectified imagery, chart catalogs and a variety of Open Source or government furnished data sets, to produce project packages for In-House or contract production.
• Compiling or updating maritime features and attributes for the SFH DNC/ENC portfolio on ArcGIS based Data Capture and Finishing Environment (DCAFE) workstations or ESRI based Foundation GEOINT Modernization (FG MOD) production environment workstations
• Extracting features from a variety of sources including but not necessarily limited to rasterized nautical charts, ENC, digital hydrographic survey data, NtM, orthorectified imagery, and chart catalogs
• Writing Python Scripts in ArcGIS to improve the efficiency of the production process
• Data conversion/migration
1 X NCE – LPC
The Maritime Office of Safety (SFH) seeks to expand Littoral Planning Charts (LPC) production throughput to enhance the currency, quality, and accuracy of SFH’s LPC portfolio. The scope of work for LPC production includes, but is not limited to, support to the following functions:
• Source evaluation of rasterized nautical charts, DNC, ENC, digital hydrographic survey data, NtM, topographic maps, orthorectified imagery, chart catalogs, and a variety of Open Source or government furnished data sets, to produce project packages for contract mission partner or In-House LPC production.
• Compiling or updating maritime features and attributes for the SFH LPC portfolio on ArcGIS based DCAFE workstations, eSRI based FH MOD production environment workstations, or Integrated Exploitation Capability (IEC) workstations
• Extracting features from a variety of sources including but not necessarily limited to rasterized nautical charts, DNC, ENC, digital hydrographic survey data, NtM, topographic maps, orthorectified imagery, and chart catalogs
Requirements
• Minimum 3 years of cartographic finishing, feature extraction from maps, charts or various imagery sources, attribution population, and related experience
• Knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS and PLTS
• Ability to geo-rectify maps, charts, and various sources
• Knowledge of NGA Products and Services
Desired:
• Experience creating, editing, and manipulating shapefiles, geodatabases, and features
• Ability to export data in multiple formats, predominantly standard MILSPEC as well as shapefiles
• Knowledge of generalization rules
• Ability to use imagery for the purposes of nautical chart compilation
• Experience combining digital cartography, computer technology, GIS, cartographic and geospatial production techniques, remote sensing, photogrammetry, and digital data formats
• Ability to perform manual or automated bulk quality checks
• Knowledge of geospatial database content management
• Knowledge of symbolization rules (how symbols are used to portray features)
• Experience working with geospatial data in a multi-user enterprise environment

  Active TS/SCI required