The workshop Georeferencing in the digital Era 2024 has identified key problems relating to georeferencing geospatial observations and data. Important metadata regarding time and reference frame are often lost on the journey from the data collector via national database to the end user. This makes it difficult for the end users who must search up this information manually to use the geospatial information correctly. The workshop identified reasons for why unambiguous coordinate and time information are not preserved from the beginning to the end. The results show that the way forward is to collaborate on all levels, nationally, regionally and globally. This must be a collaboration between data collectors, National Mapping and Cadastre Agencies (NMCA), standardization organisation, software developers and end users.