Cartographer

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• Develop maps using Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) and/or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.
• Perform complex phases of cartographic compilation work in the construction, revision and maintenance of Real Estate maps and charts.
• Develop real estate maps and data products from deeds, legal descriptions, survey data or court documents and compares them with project boundaries to ensure accuracy.
• Write, review and approve real property land descriptions for use in legal instruments of conveyance, determining method of description such as aliquot part calls, metes and bounds, centerline, bounded, etc.
• Review design memoranda, construction plans and specs, and other engineering documents and drawings, and determine the amount and location of real estate interests required for the projects.
• Recommend contracting out for data production/acquisition, land descriptions, surveys, scanning maps and document records and other products/services such as photogrammetry, remote sensing, GPS data, and record documents as warranted.