Thanks Daniel. The OpenLayers book looks interesting. Even though I typically do fine with online examples, it's probably worth the purchase, especially since I may be migrating several Google Maps apps to OpenLayers at some point. <div>
<br></div><div>That Mapserver book is from 2005, I agree a bit too old but the only one I can find as well. Luckily the Mapserver documentation wiki has everything we need! <br><div><br></div><div>- John</div><div><br></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:43 PM, PORTER.DANIEL <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PORTER.DANIEL@flsenate.gov">PORTER.DANIEL@flsenate.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">John,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I believe there is only one English book out on OpenLayers, called “OpenLayers 2.10 Beginner’s Guide” (<a href="https://www.packtpub.com/openlayers-2-1-javascript-web-mapping-library-beginners-guide/book" target="_blank">https://www.packtpub.com/openlayers-2-1-javascript-web-mapping-library-beginners-guide/book</a>), which as the name says, it’s a beginner’s guide. He assumes little technical knowledge, which makes it very good for getting your bearings. If you can figure out what to do from the OpenLayers examples and API docs, I don’t know that it has much to offer. If you’re struggling with that, I think it would be excellent (disclosure: I worked with Erik, the author of the book).<sub><u></u><u></u></sub></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I have read that this mapserver book is somewhat outdated: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-MapServer-Source-Development-Experts/dp/1590594908" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-MapServer-Source-Development-Experts/dp/1590594908</a> I have not seen it, though. It’s the only one I know about.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Daniel<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:mapserver-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">mapserver-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:mapserver-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">mapserver-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Callahan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 05, 2011 1:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [mapserver-users] advice on books<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Can anyone point me to a good book on learning Mapserver, and possibly OpenLayers as well? I don't usually buy books on software products as there's so much available online. However, I recently purchased PostGIS in Action and it's helped significantly. I wonder if there's a similar quality book out there on Mapserver. Something higher than intro level would be preferable. Thanks.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">- John<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all">***********************************<br>John Callahan, Research Scientist<br>
Delaware Geological Survey<br>University of Delaware<br>URL: <a href="http://www.dgs.udel.edu" target="_blank">http://www.dgs.udel.edu</a><br>*******************************<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote>
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