Web Mapping Illustrated

Using Open Source GIS Toolkits

By Tyler Mitchell


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O’Reilly Media published the first edition in July 2005. It quickly sold out within a year and a half. It is for sale again since a reprint in 2009!  Using print-on-demand the book should remain solidly in print for the foreseeable future.

Developers who want to publish maps on the web often discover that commercial tools cost too much and hunting down the free tools scattered across Internet can use up too much of time and resources. Web Mapping Illustrated shows you how to create maps, even interactive maps, with free tools, including MapServer, OpenEV, GDAL/OGR, and PostGIS. It also explains how to find, collect, understand, use, and share mapping data, both over the traditional Web and using OGC-standard services like WFS and WMS.

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Web Mapping Illustrated goes global

The book is available in three languages:

  • English Edition (2005
  • Japanese Edition (2006)
  • German Edition (2008) – out of print
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