Mapping Hacks

Directions Magazine, one of the most respected professional GIS
publications around today, has offered up a glowing
review of Mapping Hacks:

Part of the value of this tome (it’s more than 500 pages) is the accessible
descriptions of technology. Want to understand how wardriving works? Check page
69. Need to understand projections? That’s page 120. The discussions are clear,
and personable, as though your best friend were explaining it to you. And,
that’s nice since, in the foreward, respected geospatial “programmer for hire”
Frank Warmerdam admits to wanting to share a copy with his mother, hoping
she’ll try some hacks.

To be honest, we weren’t initially sure exactly how established GIS
professionals would take to a book like Mapping Hacks, but it seems
like they get it! They really get it! Hooray!

In other news — the book is finally hitting the shelves after a long and
sometimes distressing wait. Please check it out — we think (and hope) you’ll
be pleasantly surprised.

Finally, for those of you who were hoping to find out more about Google
Maps, we’ve written a bonus chapter on the subject, which O’Reilly plans to
publish online in PDF format as a free download to people who purchase
Mapping Hacks. We’re hoping that will the bonus Google Maps chapter
will be online next week, and we’ll let you know more about it as soon as
it’s available.

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