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Georeferencing

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Georeferencing - definition(s)

georeferencing - [coordinate systems] Aligning geographic data to a known coordinate system so it can be viewed, queried, and analyzed with other geographic data. Georeferencing may involve shifting, rotating, scaling, skewing, and in some cases warping, rubber sheeting, or orthorectifying the data.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 30 April 2012 09:19:52, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External 


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Georeferencing - A process of assigning map co-ordinates to image data to conform to map projection grid.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: City of Toronto, 24 November 2013 09:09:14, http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=7fdf38379bac0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextfmt=default External

 

 

 


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