AUTO GEOREFERENCER

Guides

Short, practical write-ups on placing old imagery on a map.

How to georeference an image

What the job involves, what you need, and the steps from a plain image to a file QGIS can open.

How to find where an old photo was taken

Ways to narrow down a location, and what to do when there is no GPS tag.

World files and QGIS

What a world file contains and how to open a georeferenced image in QGIS.

More guides are planned: working with CORONA frames, choosing a reference image, and reading the match report.