Shapefile support in MapServer?

[Stephen H. Savage]

Greetings,

   I'm new to MapServer.  I have a large database application that must rely on 
shapefiles for its geographic data; these are connected to an extensive Access 
(soon to be MySQL) database, with a lot of one-to-many relationships among data 
items.  I have to use the shapefile format to facilitate an ArcPad application 
running on Trimble GPS units.  But I need to also allow web users to add or 
change records in the database and shapefiles.  I'd like to know how to 
add/edit shapes and attributes in ArcView shapefiles through MapServer.  Is 
there a way to do this?  Are there examples available?

Thanks,

-Steve


Stephen H. Savage, Affiliate Professor and Director
Geo-Archaeological Information Applications (GAIA) Lab
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Box 872402
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ  85287-2402

shsavage at asu.edu

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