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Subject:        RE: Georeferencing software
Date:   Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:56:39 -0400
From:   Marcel Fortin <[log in to unmask]>
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QGIS has come a long way in terms of georeferencing ability. Open source, light-weight, and easy to use, I would say it works almost as well as ArcMap to georeference images. I used it in a workshop last year and it was very well received to georeference images by the students.

Have you thought of just positioning the images in Google Earth? It's certainly one of the eaisiest ways to georeference images. The end product can't easily be brought into a GIS though...at least I don't think?


Marcel Fortin
Geographic Information Systems and Map Librarian
University of Toronto
1016 - 130 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/maplib/


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From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Maps-L Moderator for John Ridener
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Subject: Georeferencing software

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Subject:        Georeferencing software
Date:   Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:37:50 -0400
From:   John Ridener <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Maps-L,

The UC Berkeley Earth Sciences and Map Library staff are working toward
georeferencing many of the maps that are scanned here at the library. As
we're still in the planning stages for this undertaking, I was wondering if
anyone had any experiences, good or bad, with specific georeferencing software?

Ideally, we're looking for a solution that could be easily inserted into the
scanning workflow and used by specialists and non-specialists alike. Maybe
something lightweight and open source?

Any information or experiences you'd like to share is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
--
John Ridener
Technical Processing/Web - GIS Specialist
Earth Sciences and Map Library
UC Berkeley