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PDF Version Now Available for Purchase

By popular demand, you can now get The Geospatial Desktop in PDF format. To get yours, create an account, then go to the book page and click the “Buy PDF” button. The PDF is personalized and DRM-free: you can can use it on any device; just don’t share it with others. Right now you can […]

August 10, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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Kindle Edition Now Available

The Geospatial Desktop is now available on the Kindle at significant savings over the paperback. You can find it from the book’s Kindle page. You don’t need a Kindle to use use the book. Other options include: Kindle Reader for PC and Mac Kindle App for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, and Android Kindle […]

March 1, 2012 · admin · No Comments
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Geospatial Books

Here are some other books you may find useful:

February 6, 2012 · admin · No Comments
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Excerpts from the Book

To give you a view into the book, we have added a couple of excerpts. These are available from the Excerpts page: Chapter 13, Using Command Line Tools Creating maps with GMT Chapter 15, GIS Scripting Writing a QGIS Python Plugin

February 5, 2012 · admin · No Comments
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The Geospatial Desktop is Now Available

The Geospatial Desktop book is now available for order from Amazon. Published by Locate Press, it is a revision of the book originally entitled Desktop GIS. For information on what’s in the book, see About the Book and the Annotated Chapter List. Take a look at the Changes page to see what’s new/different in this […]

January 23, 2012 · admin · No Comments
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The Proof is in Hand

The proof copy of The Geospatial Desktop has arrived and is being reviewed. It shouldn’t be long now before the book is available on Amazon. If you want to be notified when the book is available, use the Contact form to provide your email address. We’ll notify you when we have a firm date for […]

January 18, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Book, GDAL, GMT, OGR, QGIS

Revised Version

Desktop GIS published by Pragmatic Press is currently out of print. We are working on a new, revised version of the book titled The Geospatial Desktop to be published by Locate Press around the first of the year. If you want to be notified when the book is available, use the Contact form to provide […]

November 21, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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