Cartography has been a longstanding interest of mine (I've been making maps since I was a child) and so this new open book on geospatian thinking was a must-read. Through the first half (I did not do the second section, 'Hands-On Workbook' using open source Geographic Information System (GIS) software) it did not disappoint. The first two chapters are a very gentle introduction to the subject, then it speeds up considerably when discussing projections and geospatial data. I would also have selected a different set of illustrations; they're either too low quality (eg. the 'orange' image) or too detailed (eg. 'illustration of GIS components'). It also contains the world's shortest full-chapter description of project management. Most importantly, of course, it is an open book, which means that if I had the time and inclination to improve it, I could. Via CCCOER.
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