Georeferencing Course
This course provides hands-on training in georeferencing techniques using QGIS, ArcGIS, and GDAL to create accurate landslide inventories with proper error assessment and metadata.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Georeferencing Course equips you with practical skills to prepare imagery and scanned maps, select appropriate coordinate systems, and choose precise ground control points in challenging terrain. You will learn to apply transformations using QGIS, ArcGIS, and GDAL, evaluate RMSE and residuals, handle spatial errors, and create dependable landslide inventories complete with clear metadata, quality assurance processes, and documented uncertainty.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Professional georeferencing: align maps, imagery, and GPS data with confidence.
- GCP selection mastery: pick, digitise, and validate robust control points quickly.
- CRS and projection choice: select optimal systems for complex mountainous terrain.
- RMSE and error analysis: quantify, map, and report positional uncertainty clearly.
- Landslide inventory workflow: build accurate, georeferenced hazard maps ready for GIS.
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