[OSM-talk] Good book on GIS concepts

[skoobi at free.fr]

Hi,

Would anyone recommend a good book on GIS/Geodesy/etc that could be used to understand the underlying concepts behind most GIS applications ?

I am not looking for 100% theory full of mathematical formulae, but ideally, something that explains the main idea behind the concepts (projections, layers, coordinate systems, ...) and acronyms (WFS, ..)/ technologies. In other words, I need something that gives me the big picture..

I am already starting to create my own understanding of these concepts, but I am pretty sure things would be smoother if I could just find a good book to read :)

thanks,
Sami Dalouche