[Mapserver-users] Clueless newbie question

[Jim Buzbee]

I've been working on a quick proof-of-concept using mapserver and don't 
understand the process of creating a map file for some data I acquired.

I went to http://seamless.usgs.gov/ , selected a region and downloaded a 
few large zip files that were identified as being in ArcGrid format. 
They extracted to something like :

14195927/METADATA.DBF
14195927/METADATA.PRJ
14195927/METADATA.SHP
14195927/METADATA.SHX
14195927/METADA~1.HTM
14195927/14195927/
14195927/14195927.AUX
14195927/14195927/DBLBND.ADF
14195927/14195927/HDR.ADF
14195927/14195927/PRJ.ADF
14195927/14195927/STA.ADF
14195927/14195927/W001001.ADF
14195927/14195927/W001001X.ADF
14195927/INFO/
14195927/INFO/ARC.DIR
14195927/INFO/ARC0000.DAT
14195927/INFO/ARC0000.NIT
14195927/INFO/ARC0001.DAT
14195927/INFO/ARC0001.NIT


Is there a tool available to convert this into something that mapserver 
can use?  Or is there a better place to get some data?  Or did I 
download the wrong thing?

I'm working mainly on a Solaris box, but if I need to, I can do the 
conversion under windows.  I have no commercial products available.

Thanks for any hints.

Jim Buzbee