GIS for Web Developers: Adding 'Where' to Your Web Applications: Adding 'where' to Your Web Applications |
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Scott Davis
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Pages: 176 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0974514098
Pub: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Pub date: 2007-10-09
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 107809
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I've been using this book to help me learn about open-source GIS for an MSc GIS course, and it's great. You don't need any formal background in GIS, however, as the book gives you all you need to know to get started, and it's bang up to date. It covers the whole open-source "geo-stack" pretty well, with detailed instructions and examples on how to install and use the various free software components, as well as masses of links to sources of further information and, most importantly, to sources of free geo-data you can use when building your maps, from aerial and satellite imagery to US census data. The author's style can be a little annoying at times, but he does an excellent job of helping you to get to grips with the wonderful world of open source web mapping. If you feel like moving beyond Google Maps into the world of open-source "neo-geography", this is definitely the book for you.
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