Georeferencing problem

[AlexandruGiurgiu]

Hello,

I have a map of all South Africa and a little bit more. I am trying to georeference this map for some time, but I get big errors. I believe that the small scale is the problem (around 1:8 000 000). I tried to cut the map in 4, but still nothing... I never georeference maps with this scale. The maps doesn't have a grid, it has some coordinates on the sides, but I am not sure they are correct.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you,

Alex

[NeilAyres]

Which map of SA is it?

If you havn't got a graticule to use and you don't know what coordinate system the map has been published in, this will be quite difficult.

[AlexandruGiurgiu]

It's the map of petroleum exploration and production actvities in SA.

[NeilAyres]

Is this data or a piece of paper?

And the source? DMR?..

If its national extent it may be a SAf Albers equal area projection.

Can you post a snapshot here?

[AlexandruGiurgiu]

Thank you for your time!

[NeilAyres]

Ok, went to their web site and got the original pdf. Then printed it to a jpeg to have a play with the georeferencing.

Tried a standard SAf albers, but the map is centred on ~21degE (instead of 24 or 25E).

Georeffed it using points along the coast / border, but it also looks pretty horrible.

The map has been put together in Coral Draw. So its very difficult to get this correct without knowing what the original is in.

Could try contacting the author - Shaheed Russon (from the properties of the pdf).