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.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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 confidently.
- GCP selection mastery: choose, digitise, and validate strong control points quickly.
- CRS and projection choice: select the best systems for rugged mountainous areas.
- RMSE and error analysis: measure, map, and report positional uncertainty clearly.
- Landslide inventory workflow: create accurate, georeferenced hazard maps prepared for GIS.
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