Georeferencing Raster Data

 

I strongly recommend using ArcMap to georeference images, rather than the older means in ArcInfo.  ArcMap allows the user to either georeference an image using ground control points, or to georeference one image to another, a feature not available in ArcInfo.  The user interface and tools available in ArcMap are also superior.  I haven’t gotten around to writing these instructions yet; however, an excellent resource has been put together at the University of Alberta.  Take a look at these instructions, and use the ArcMap help pages, and you should have no problem.  Please be sure to read and understand the difference in ArcMap between a transformation (a temporary georeferencing, good only for the current session) and a rectification (a permanent georeferencing that creates a new, georeferenced image).

 

Georeferencing an Image in ArcGIS 8.1