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The Geospatial Desktop Paperback – February 1, 2012

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Desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) software gives you the ability to make maps and analyze geographic information. This book provides a foundational level of knowledge for understanding GIS and the open source desktop mapping applications that are available for use, for free, today. Learn about vector and raster data, how to convert data, interacting with spatial databases, creating new map data, geoprocessing, scripting, and more. Special sections include focused learning on the Quantum GIS and GRASS GIS software platforms but other packages are also introduced. The Geospatial Desktop is written by the creator of Quantum GIS, so you can rest assured that you will be led by one of the most knowledgeable authors on the subject.
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The Geospatial Desktop is an updated version of the title originally published as Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet with Open Source.  This version includes updates to the examples, illustrations, and code samples using the latest version of the software.

About the Author

Coming from a natural sciences background, Gary Sherman has a long history of torturing computers and programming languages. Gary has been using and customizing Geographic Information Systems for well over 20 years. In 2002 he founded the Quantum GIS project, an Open Source, cross-platform, desktop GIS application. In addition to technical publications, Gary has authored a book on Open Source GIS and has another in the works. When not writing, he works as a consultant focusing on GIS, application development, and training.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Locate Press; 2nd ed. edition (February 1, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0986805211
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0986805219
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.63 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.79 x 9.25 inches
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Gary Sherman has a wide and varied background, including that of geologist, mining engineer, software engineer, and author. He has authored both technical books and articles, as well as fiction. In addition to being the founder of a successful open source GIS project, Gary has published two books on the topic.

When writing fiction, he draws on the depth of his background, providing vivid descriptions of life on the last frontier, wildlife encounters, and survival. Further, his experience as an outdoor enthusiast provides inspiration in the stories he tells.

Gary resides in Alaska and regularly watches moose from his living room window.

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Niklas Andersson
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it.
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2013
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If you want an almost complete picture of the open source landscape with respect to GIS this is the first, but not only book you want to read on the subject.

The Geospatial Desktop explains what open source software that is out there together with the characteristics of each program with its pros and cons.

Besides giving an excellent overview of what software it is out there, the author teaches you about the different data formats for GIS and how they map to each software. You also get an introduction as how to actually extend the functionality in a lot of programs.

Buy it and read it as your first Open Source GIS-book. I can promise you won't be disappointed.
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Ecologist
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide for switching from proprietary to open source GIS
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2014
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An outstanding book that really facilitated my move from ArcGIS to GRASS. The numerous QGIS examples got me started in a familiar, accessible environment. The gentle introduction to GRASS helped me transition to a very powerful, open source GIS.
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Kurt Trinko
4.0 out of 5 stars very good book for starter/intermediate user
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2012
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This book is the second edition of  Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet with Open Source Tools , so all the good reviews are still true for this uptodate edition. the author is an expert of this topic and the founder/creator of the (imho) best free opensource gis: QUANTUM GIS.

So why just 4 stars? Well, on the books website under changes between first and second edition you can read: "A short discussion of the SpatiaLite spatial database is included." This is not the case, because this "short discussion" (chapter 9.6) is less than one full page(!) and is only an "announcement", that you can use spatialite with qgis. (If the free and open-source spatialite would be sold as a commercial product, the company would give more info in the product-flyer/info-brochure than there is in the book!) so this is a great disappointment,because qgis is the first (and only?) opensource gis, which has native support for spatialite and learning from the auhor how to use spatialite (with qgis) would have been very fine...

So - in my personal opinion - a great book, but no "real" info about spatialite. If you do not already own a copy of the first edition its definitve worth buying
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Marco
5.0 out of 5 stars really good
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2012
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Nice, simple, complete introduction for beginners. Everything is clearly explained.
Highly recommended for a practical begin to GIS and the available open source softwares.
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T. Mitchell
5.0 out of 5 stars A bit more information...
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2012
Just FYI that this book is a reprint of the popular " Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet with Open Source Tools " that was out of print (by another publisher). Locate Press is proud to bring it back into print, with some updated content. We had to drop the colour images in this print version, but they are available on the book website. If there is significant interest in a colour version, we may make it available in the future, though the printing costs are 3-4x higher.

p.s. Couldn't file the review without picking stars, but I really _do_ love this book :)
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Mr Martin Baxter
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good introduction and general guide to open source GIS
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2014
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An invaluable guide to the highways and byways of open source GIS, particularly QGIS and GRASS. These software packages and applications are quite powerful, but can be hard to use for the first time without an expert to help explain it all. This well-written book clearly explains these packages and how to use them, and how to get the best from them. It really helps you to get going with these tools.

Highly recommended.
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Thomas Burri
4.0 out of 5 stars The missing manual for QGIS
Reviewed in Germany on May 2, 2013
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If you are new in using open source GIS or if you want to expand your horizon in the open source world, choose this book. Though the book introduces many different open source GIS platforms, it focuses on QGIS and GRASS and for the former, it something like the missing manual (though there exists a comprehensive documentation on the QGIS site). The book contains many informations from the installation up to complicated raster- or vector-calculations. The only withdraw - QGIS is developing fast, the most recent version contains several new features, which are not yet covered by the latest edition of the book. Nevertheless 4 stars.
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James Batchelor
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2013
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Good introduction to a range of different open source GIS applications with some useful examples. Found it easy to read.
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