Definition: Registration

UN - Geographic Information Systems

The process of matching features in two maps or GIS data layers so that corresponding objects are coincident. Registration is based on a series of ground control points, and is related to transformation and rubber-sheeting.

Source:
United Nations, "Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities", Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, Studies in Methods, Series F No. 103, New York, 2009

Created:
2010-04-06

Updated:
2019-05-10