Lab Exercise.

Georeferencing a Basemap
By Julius M. Bagate
Data: Map from Phiolcs !est "alley #ault Data $%&%'(iii()c(*iliman(a%+
,. -pen .G/0.
&. -pen the Georeference1 as sho2 belo21 clic3 on 4aster 5 Georeferencer 5 Georeferencer
%. 6his 2ill open the Georeferencer *ialog as sho2n.
7. Loa* your image file by clic3ing on the -pen 4aster button1 naigate to your files *irectory1
select it1 an* clic3 on -8.
9. 0pecify the :oor*inate 0ystem of the source map. /n this case the Map is in P40 ;& Geographic
:oor*inate 0ystem. 8ey in P40 or P40;& in the #ilter tab. 0elect P40;& un*er Geographic
:oor*inate 0ystem an* clic3 on -8.
<. 6his 2ill loa* the file as sho2n.
). =se the >oom an* Pan tools to ?oom in to a corner of the map 2here
coor*inates are sho2n.
@. :lic3 on the A** Point tool an* clic3 on the intersection of the tic mar3s
as sho2n belo2 to specify corner coor*inates. :lic3 on -8.
;. 6his 2ill a** your point to the G:P $Groun* :ontrol Point+ table as sho2n. A little re* *ot is
also place* on the specifie* location. Do this for all the 6/: mar3s present in the image. Bote.
More G:Ps1 better accuracy $resi*uals C '.9+.
,'. A**ing another G:P.
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,,. A**ing another
,&. An* yet another
,%. 6he 7 G:Ps are sho2. Bote: G:Ps 5 7 are *esire*.
,7. 0ae your G:P file as sho2n belo2. :lic3 on #ile 5 0ae G:P points as...
,9. Baigate to your 2or3ing *irectory an* proi*e a filename. :lic3 on 0ae.
,<. :lic3 on 0ettings 5 6ransformation settings as sho2n.
,). -n the 6ransformation settings *ialog that opens1 set the follo2ing. :lic3 on -8.
,@. Georeference the image by clic3ing on the play button D+ :lic3 on Ees 2hen prompte*.
,;. Loa* the georeference* raster file in .G/0. Bote that at the bottom :oor*inates section the
reflecte* alues are in Geographic :oor*inates.
&'. 6o chec3 if this raster layer oerlays 2ith other ector *ata1 loa* the roa*s shapefile from
openstreetmap 2ith the A** "ector Layer button. :lic3 on -pen.
&,. :lic3 on -pen
&&. 6his 2ill loa* the roa*s layer 2ith the georeference* image file as sho2n belo2.
&%. >ooming in reeals the almost perfect fit of the t2o layers.