# How to Georegister a PDF map? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 20, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-georegister-a-pdf-map/854162 "2020-05-20T02:43:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-georegister-a-pdf-map/854162/7 "2020-05-21T20:00:52Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > Your linked map isn’t even to scale? You would still need some coordinates and the datum and projection. Thank you for your post. Don’t mind that map. It isn’t actually what I’m after. I was just trying to show people who don’t understand the task, that the map doesn’t matter. I could georefernece anything. I could do that map and make it useful in my Garmin and be able to see how close I am to the nearest restroom, or what path will take me fastest to a particular ride, etc. I’ve done that for larger parks and even with a similar animated map of Rome back when Google Maps and smartphones weren’t a thing. I could use a Garmin Colorado and a map that I georeferenced as a KMZ in Google Earth. Like you, I need to do this in PDF for use in Avenza now. If only I could find an app that would support graphical KMZ overlays, I’d be satisfied. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-georegister-a-pdf-map/854162)._