[Xastir] georeferencing maps on osx?

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Tom Russo wrote:

> You need at least 5 points to do it right, more for better accuracy.

well, there are grid lines, so i guess i can get em.

> I recommend GRASS, a free GIS package that you can even download in binary
> form for your OS X machine.  http://grass.itc.it/

last time i touched grass it ended in sadness. i suppose i can try again.

> If you choose to go this route I can send you some pointers for what modules
> in grass you need to run to get the job done.  It's kinda labor intensive, but
> it gives you properly georeferenced rasters.

hm. that's unfortunate, since i want to do it for like 900 maps. but if 
you have something, sure, please.