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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Just to clear things up. MapServer (the
CGI executable) can't write shapefiles</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>and won't be able to do that. Too hard to do in
general fashion. However, MapScript</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>CAN write shapefiles (with the help of XBase module). All
you'd really need is an</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>applet capable of creating features and a MapScript program
could handle the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>output. MapServer or MapScript can certainly be used to
provide contex (i.e. maps)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>for use in digitizing. Note that there are lot's of potential
issues in this (topology,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>editing existing features, data QA, etc...).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Steve</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>