Perform calculations to determine earth curvature corrections, atmospheric impacts on measurements, traverse closures or adjustments, azimuths, level runs, or placement of markers.

“Perform calculations to determine earth curvature corrections, atmospheric impacts on measurements, traverse closures or adjustments, azimuths, level runs, or placement of markers.” is a task performed by Surveying and Mapping Technicians. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#24 most important).

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assess characteristics of land or property. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that theodolite operators use for sighting to measure angles, distances, and elevations. · importance 4.3
• Check all layers of maps to ensure accuracy, identifying and marking errors and making corrections. · importance 4.3
• Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data. · importance 4.2
• Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations. · importance 4.2
• Produce or update overlay maps to show information boundaries, water locations, or topographic features on various base maps or at different scales. · importance 4.1
• Determine scales, line sizes, or colors to be used for hard copies of computerized maps, using plotters. · importance 4.1
• Compile information necessary to stake projects for construction, using engineering plans. · importance 4.0
• Identify and compile database information to create requested maps. · importance 4.0
• Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports. · importance 4.0
• Compare survey computations with applicable standards to determine adequacy of data. · importance 4.0
• Analyze aerial photographs to detect and interpret significant military, industrial, resource, or topographical data. · importance 3.9
• Answer questions and provide information to the public or to staff members regarding assessment maps, surveys, boundaries, easements, property ownership, roads, zoning, or similar matters. · importance 3.8
• Research and combine existing property information to describe property boundaries in relation to adjacent properties, taking into account parcel splits, combinations, or land boundary adjustments. · importance 3.8
• Calculate latitudes, longitudes, angles, areas, or other information for mapmaking, using survey field notes or reference tables. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Surveying and Mapping Technicians page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-22126,
  title  = {Perform calculations to determine earth curvature corrections, atmospheric impacts on measurements, traverse closures or adjustments, azimuths, level runs, or placement of markers.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-22126}
}