What is georeferencing? 

                          In the context of BioGeomancer, georeferencing is providing geographic coordinates that

                             represent a textual location description. In other words, numbers (latitude and longitude)

                             are assigned to descriptions like "Between Point Reyes and Bodega Bay, California, USA". 

                             The purpose is to allow for easy mapping and spatial analysis of the phenomena observed at

                             these locations.

                             BioGeomancer implements the point-radius method. This method returns a single point and

                             an circle of "uncertainty" around that point. Uncertainty depends on the quality of the locality

                             description and the quality of the data used to map it. The point-radius method is explained here and 

                             more formally in this paper.

                            The BioGeomancer project has also developed this Guide to best practices for georeferencing 

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