georeference

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English

Etymology

From geo- +‎ reference.

Verb

georeference (third-person singular simple present georeferences, present participle georeferencing, simple past and past participle georeferenced)

  1. (transitive) To reference a location using a coordinate reference system.
    It's difficult to georeference an image onto a map.

Derived terms

Noun

georeference (plural georeferences)

  1. Data used to transform locations using a coordinate reference system.
    The raster has a georeference to get coordinate data.