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, <sko...@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 > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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