[Mapserver-users] Create .MAP File Programmatically

[Sam Gooding]

Hello all!

Hopefully this question hasn’t come up too often in the past, but I have 
checked the FAQ, the mailing list archives, the contributed software 
pages, and the Internet without success.

Is there any other tool (preferably open source) that will allow me to 
create a .MAP files from a given set of .SHP, .SHX, and .DBF files?

I am aware of the utility for ArcView on the contributed software page, 
but am still in the process of getting it to work.

I have also investigated MapLab 
(http://www2.dmsolutions.ca/webtools/maplab/index.html) but have been 
unable to find and documentation on how this might be done.

I have also been reading the mapfile specs 
(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc36/mapfile-reference.html) but have 
found no mention of an automated tool.

Any information anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!