Davis S. GIS for Web Developers Adding Where to Your Web Applications

Raleigh: The Pragmatic Bookshelf. – 2007. – 261 p. This book is a perfect introduction to integrating robust mapping capabilities into your web applications, using highly maintainable, standards-compliant techniques. Scott manages to convey an enormous amount of GIS domain knowledge in a very succinct and understandable way.Vectors
Projections
Rasters
Spatial Databases
Creating OGC Web Services
Using OGC Web Services
OGC Clients
Bringing It All Together
Mac/Linux Installation
Installing Groovy