Georeference a pdf without losing image quality
PDF with vector data cannot be georeferenced with the Georeferencer GDAL.
There are 2 plugins for referencing vector data:
1) vectorgeoref: It works similar to the plug-in for Georeferencer GDAL. However the version is only available in Italian language and up to 2.12 Wien run. If necessary I might provide a corrected / adapted version.
2) VectorBender: The plug-in also works with the current version 2.18. This version is not that easy to handle if you are not familiar to it. But once understood you can work quite well with it.