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The Geospatial Desktop: Open Source GIS and Mapping – Gary Sherman, 2012

Works in Progress

Web GIS Workshop Guide – Karsten Vennemann
Spatialite Cookbook – Alessandro Furieri
Surveying and GIS: Using Open Source Tools – Anna Hodgkinson, Christina Robinson
and more …

Other Recommended Reading

While we are working on getting our own books wrapped up, please enjoy this selection of available titles by other publishers. We are familiar with the authors of each of these works and are glad to promote them!

See our special page on Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits (Published by O’Reilly in English, Japanese, and German).

Web Mapping Illustrated: Using Open Source GIS Toolkits by Tyler Mitchell

See also translations:Japanese edition and
German edition: Web-Mapping mit Open Source-GIS-Tools

Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet with Open Source Tools

by Gary E Sherman

Currently out of print. Reprint coming soon under the Locate Press banner!

Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach

by Markus Neteler, Helena Mitasova

PostGIS in Action

by Regina Obe, Leo Hsu

GIS for Web Developers: Adding ‘Where’ to Your Web Applications

by Scott Davis

Currently out of print. Watch this space for more information about pending reprints in the future.

Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R (Use R)

by Roger S. Bivand, Edzer J. Pebesma, Virgilio Gómez-Rubio

Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling (Advances in Geographic Information Science)

Edited by Brent Hall, Michael G. Leahy (Springer)

Mapping Hacks: Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography

by Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson, Jo Walsh

OpenLayers 2.10 Beginner’s Guide

by Erik Hazzard

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