== Shapefile Layers ==

Build a .map file for [http://mapserver.org MapServer]

Build a layer which accesses this via WMS (although it should appear to be different from user-perspective as it references local data)

Q: Can we rely on GDAL/OGR 1.6 & thus keep the Shapefiles zipped?

We can include [http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.zip] as a useful base/sample

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