Georeferencing Historical Image (2004) Using Recent Image (2025) in QGIS/OTB

Hello everyone,

I’m working on a project involving historical images, and I need help with georeferencing.

I have:

  • A 2025 image that is already georeferenced.
  • A 2004 image that has no georeferencing.

I would like to georeference the 2004 image using the 2025 image as a reference so that they align properly.
I’m using QGIS 3.44.

Since I’m working with several historical images, I’m also interested in finding a better or semi-automatic method for this task, rather than doing everything manually for each image.

Could anyone recommend a good workflow or OTB module for this?
Step-by-step guidance or links to tutorials would be really appreciated, as I’m still learning.

Thank you very much for any help!

2004 image - 2004 Image
2025 image attached
Nearmap - Reference image.zip (5.8 MB)