location of a point on a map -regarding

[Puneet Kishor]

Vijay Sundar Rajaram wrote:
> Hi all,
>            I am new to this group and have just started experimenting
> with the features Mapserver provides, with an installation of ms4w and
> maplab. I have read through the archives and have seen software on
> freegis.org <http://freegis.org> among other sites. I am a total newbie
> when  it comes to GIS and there is a whole lot of talk about layers and
> vectors and what not ! I basically need a map server that would serve me
> a map with a location point (say marked with 'X') when I input a Geo /
> civic address. I would like to know what image formats support this
> detail. I cannot use something like Google Map API for the level of
> detail is insufficient for my needs and I don't host the Map in the
> first place. Kindly let me know the image formats that I should use for
> the maps so that when I query the database of maps with a Geo/civic
> address, I will have a map open up with the location marked with 'X'.
>