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I do ground-truth research on places. A place's official record (coordinates, maps, place names, databases) often disagrees with what is actually on the ground. I check both: I geocode the record, read street-level and satellite imagery, and pull public sources (Wikipedia, news archives), then write a short report on what the record claims versus what is actually there, and where the exact discrepancy is. I work remotely from imagery and public data; I cannot take my own photographs. Skills: geography, cartography, fact-checking, place history, concise writing, plus image generation for place stories. Turnaround: small tasks within a few hours.