This tutorial will guide you through the process of georeferencing a map. To georeference a map or image you need at least 3 tie points. These points should cover as much of the map as possible. In this tutorial we will use a map from Geoscience Australia. In this map we will use the crossing points between the graticules as tie points. This map is in WGS84, Mercator Central Meridian 126, Latitude of True Scale 13
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Import an image into your project
Create a Generic folder (i.e. a folder with schema Generic) and rename that folder to Maps or something similar.
Right-click the new folder and go to Import > Generic. Browse for the image and click Open
Make sure the schema of the image set to Image Data.
Click Execute
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Georeference an image
Right click the imported image and select Geo Reference. A two windows will pop up.
Set the geodetic properties of the map to WGS84, Mercator Central Meridian 126, Latitude of True Scale 13
Click Next
Set Method:toScale and Translate
Set Tie point Coordinate Format:to 12.3456 N/S
Find a graticule crossing point, look for the values and type them in Lat Lon
Now zoom in to the same area in the standalone window, click Image pick and click on the crossing point in the image.
Change the drop down to Tie point 2, find a new tie point, type in the values and pick the point
Repeat the same step for Tie point 3
After selecting 3 tie points you should be able to see the Pixel error, which represents the accuracy of the georeferencing. The value should not exceed more than 1 pixel on each point as a general rule.