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Georeferencing Satellite Images | TileMill
Below, we go over the steps of how to take a non-georeferenced JPEG image and turn it into a geospatial dataset ready for rendering in TileMill and uploading to MapBox hosting. We use three free, open-source software libraries: Quantum GIS (These instructions are based off of QGIS version 1.8.0 Lisboa), GDAL, and TileMill. Manual Georeferencing. 1.