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Map creation software

Technology category · O*NET

Map creation software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 87 report using software or tools in this category. The named products below are the specific examples O*NET records for those jobs. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 52nd percentile of AI task-exposure ( moderate) — how much that work overlaps with what AI can do, not a sign the tool is being replaced. See where every tool category sits.

A Hot tag marks technologies O*NET sees frequently in employer job postings; In demand marks tools an occupation specifically requires.

Example software & tools

Ranked by how many occupations list each product. Each number is an occupation count — a job is counted once per product — so the product rows overlap and do not sum to the category total.

Software / tool Occupations Tags
Mapping software 22
Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE 15
Geomechanical design analysis GDA software 14
RockWare ArcMap 8 In demand
Golden Software Surfer 7
Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS 6
Bentley Systems InRoads Suite 5
MapInfo 5
Crime mapping software 4
ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI 4
MapInfo Professional 4
Trimble Pathfinder Office 4
AOL MapQuest 3
ESRI Site Scan for ArcGIS 3
Microsoft MapPoint 3
OpenDroneMap 3
Traverse PC 3
ESRI ArcGIS software 2 Hot
CDA International Manifold System 2
Carlson Survey 2
Cartography software 2
Clark Labs IDRISI Andes 2
Delivery Routing System DRS 2
Digital mapping software 2
ERDAS ER Mapper 2
Geosoft Oasis montaj 2
Global Mapper Software Global Mapper 2
Greenbrier Graphics Deed Plotter 2
Hexagon Intergraph 2
Intergraph ImageStation Stereo Softcopy Kit SSK 2
Intergraph MGE 2
MapInfo MapMarker 2
Martin D Adamiker's TruFlite 2
Postal boundary mapping software 2
SiteComp Survey 2
Trimble AgGPS EZ-Map 2
Trimble Digital Fieldbook 2
Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office 2
Trimble HYDROpro 2
Advanced Graphics Technology ProCogo 1

Showing the top 40 of 111 products in this category.

Occupations that use Map creation software

Showing 40 of 87 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 37 occupations in occupations that use Map creation software. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Dredge Operators Agricultural Equipment Operators Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Forest and Conservation Technicians First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers Driver/Sales Workers First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Fish and Game Wardens Bus Drivers, School Commercial Pilots Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians Anthropologists and Archeologists Emergency Management Directors Civil Engineers Cartographers and Photogrammetrists Concierges Desktop Publishers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Map creation software, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How AI is used by roles that use Map creation software

A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Map creation software and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles, weighted by how much observed AI activity each one has. 50.6% of the 87 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (44 roles).

Across those roles, 60.8% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 33.7% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.70 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
task iteration 32.4% you and AI go back and forth
directive 31.7% AI does it; you give the instruction
learning 15.9% you ask AI to explain or teach
validation 12.5% you do it; AI checks your work
feedback loop 2.0% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback

Roles behind this signal

The roles using this category that have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Works with AI Autonomy
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 65.7% 3.3/5
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 66.3% 4.0/5
History Teachers, Postsecondary 65.1% 3.5/5
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 65.3% 4.0/5
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 63.1% 4.0/5
Historians 45.3% 4.0/5
Operations Research Analysts 55.2% 4.0/5
Real Estate Sales Agents 62.2% 3.0/5
Desktop Publishers 46.4% 3.0/5
Biological Technicians 55.5% 4.0/5
Survey Researchers 42.5% 3.0/5
Photonics Engineers 63.5% 4.0/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Roles list software categories in O*NET; this does not mean AI is used inside Map creation software, only that people in those roles use AI. Some conversations are left unclassified, so shares need not sum to 100.

Industries that concentrate this

Where Map creation software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Map creation software (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5, or report using the tool category). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.

Nationally, about 5.1% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Map creation software (measured across 64 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 1,748,450 16.2%
Transportation and Warehousing 972,950 13.2%
Construction 779,440 9.6%
Information 483,110 16.6%
Finance and Insurance 479,790 7.7%
Educational Services 469,270 3.4%
Manufacturing 397,390 3.1%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 351,670 3.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 284,620 10.1%
Wholesale Trade 275,240 4.6%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 219,580 9.3%
Accommodation and Food Services 219,460 1.5%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Engineering Services National industry 7.61× 38.8%
Newspaper Publishers National industry 3.92× 20.0%
Testing Laboratories and Services National industry 3.59× 18.3%
Television Broadcasting Stations National industry 3.39× 17.3%
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities National industry 3.29× 16.8%
Information Sector 3.25× 16.6%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector 3.18× 16.2%
Transportation and Warehousing Sector 2.59× 13.2%
Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction National industry 2.12× 10.8%
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction Sector 2.06× 10.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector 1.98× 10.1%
Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors National industry 1.98× 10.1%

Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.

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.

Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Map creation software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/tools/map-creation-software

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Singulariki. (2026). Map creation software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/map-creation-software

BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-map-creation-software,
  title  = {Map creation software},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tools/map-creation-software}
}

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