[mapserver-users] advice on books

[PORTER.DANIEL]

John,

I believe there is only one English book out on OpenLayers, called "OpenLayers 2.10 Beginner's Guide" (https://www.packtpub.com/openlayers-2-1-javascript-web-mapping-library-beginners-guide/book), 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).

I have read that this mapserver book is somewhat outdated: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-MapServer-Source-Development-Experts/dp/1590594908  I have not seen it, though.  It's the only one I know about.

Daniel
From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of John Callahan
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 1:17 PM
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Subject: [mapserver-users] advice on books

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.

- John

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John Callahan, Research Scientist
Delaware Geological Survey
University of Delaware
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