[Mapserver-users] Newbie php/basic ideas help!

[poff at sixbit.org]

Hello,

I managed to get php mapscript installed in Windows with the gmap demo
running very nicely, however I am totally lost and after browsing the
faq and docs am totally confused!

Can someone give me stepby step instructions, on how, for example, to draw
a simple map of the world?

I'd like to take things slowly, but mapserver looks great and I look
forward to using it!

I really don't get where to find .map files and their formats, nor shape
files or anything!

I learn best by examples, although the ones I found didn't help:(

SO! *If* someone could be so kind as to post some codeand files so I can
just simply draw a map - anymap!

Then I'd like to get into city names, rivers and all kindsofcool stuff.

Is it easy to find map files? Like, The Canada onelooks great, but is that
available for the whole world?

Thanks for any help,

poff at sixbit.org
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