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How to georeference a PNG in ArcMap without losing transparency?

I am creating a geologic map in ArcMap and I want to georeference a PNG of my topographic contours. I need to use a specific set of contours, so I cannot generate them within Arc. I have PNG file that ...
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Georeferencing PNG from bounding box in GDAL?

I have an image in PNG format and bounding box coordinates (upper left, lower right). How do I georeference it using command-line interface tools such as GDAL (or Python if it is not possible)? In the ...
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Georeferencing of PNG and Convert to TIFF using Python

I have a PNG image which I am trying to georeference using four corners of coordinate information of the defined input image. When I am trying to convert PNG to TIFF, I am getting 3 bands (R,G,B) ...
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Png, prj, pgw same name, but png doesn't show up after loading. What SRC to take?

someone gave me a dataset with the three types of files, but when I load as a raster the png.files it doesn't show up on the maps. They ask me what SRC to take and I don't really know which one to ...
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What CRS to use for cylindrical raster world map?

I've drawn a cylindrical world map for a fictional planet. Exported it as png and scaled it, so one pixel corresponds to one km at the equator and from north to south pole. I tried several ...
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Georeferencer QGIS not working?

I am trying to georeference a .png file. After inserting all the data I get the following error "Transform Failed: Failed to compute GCP transform: Transform is not solvable." What can be ...
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How to make a .pgw file for a .png depicting a 2D profile

My question is more of an inquiry about whether I am trying to do is possible. I would like to reference an image depicting a 2D Georadar profile. I know that world files are usually used for ...
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How to insert georeferenced PNG into correct location in AutoCAD Map3D?

I have a PNG of building plans that I will need to digitize in AutoCAD Map3D. I have georeferenced the PNG in ArcGIS, which has produced a world file (.pgwx) in the same directory in which the image ...
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Georeferencing PNG against Google maps with OpenLayers plugin

I am trying to georeference blueprints to the footprint of a building. I'm using the Google Satellite image from the OpenLayers plugin to do this. The blueprints are rotated about 30 degrees. When I ...
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How can I correct a .pgw file for a PNG image?

I have a PNG file and I need its .pgw file to be set with NAD 83 as the projection. I have created a .pgw file: 799 0 0 -799 -122.562 37.1946 However when I open the PNG in QGIS or ArcMap 10.2 it ...
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Automatically georeference hundreds of png files based on polygon vector coordinates

I have 1000 polygons in my shapefile. I also have 1000 PNG files. Do you think it is possible (based on a common attribute), through a script or something, to assign each of those PNG files to a ...
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