[OSM-talk] Good book on GIS concepts

[Igor Brejc]

This one is a bit technical, but it's a great resource book:
http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/
There's even a free Web version, although I recommend buying a printed
version for anyone into GIS

Igor

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM, <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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