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# Georeferencing

a scanned map/image
historical map, scanned something etc... describe what georeferencing is and why you might want to do it.
What do you hope to gain from georeferencing? How might georeferencing be useful in your area of research? There are many reasons one might want to georeference a historical map, included, but not limited to the following

- to render maps query-able by location or attribute data
- to add as a project basemap
- to make comparison calculations
- to serve as reference for creating shapefiles for spatial analysis or reference - mapping

### Resources for georeferencing

often with GIS --> QGIS --> see Koerner Library Research Commons Workshop on [Georeferencing with QGIS](https://ubc-library-rc.github.io/gis-georeferencing/)

Can also be done with other websites...
- **[IIIF](https://iiif.io/)** What it is...
- **[David Rumsey Map Collection Georeferencer](https://www.davidrumsey.com/view/georeferencer)**
- **[Map Warper](https://mapwarper.net/)** Free and open source
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