Guides to newbie please.

[Jack Ling]

Hi,


I'm new to Map Server. And in fact not familiar with Geographical
systems. But I need to explore because of job needs.

Any one can recommend me some tutorials for first-timers? From map
server's web site, there are some demo samples and some references.
But it seems there is no one-shot/step-by-step guide on how to
setup/build Map server application?

To the minimum, which picture format I can use? I have some drawings
in Autocad format. Can I convert them (& to what?) to something
readable and meaningful for MapServer. I've co-ordinates information
of buildings in separate text/excel files.

best regards,
Jack