[OSM-talk] Good book on GIS concepts

[Randy Meech]

I recently read and enjoyed "A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic
and Cartographic Concepts" when I was looking for the same sort of
thing:

http://www.amazon.com/Primer-GIS-Fundamental-Geographic-Cartographic/dp/1593855656

That said, I chose this after some online research & haven't read very
widely in the area.

-Randy

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:33 AM, <skoobi at free.fr> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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