I have a series of shape files that I need to render as a map on a webpage. I have an asp.net server although I would prefer something that will work on my leased servers from Inmotion Hosting. (They are linux servers). I would like to find an easy to set up opensource or freeware solution if at all possible. This cannot be overlayed over Google maps. It is just a map of the County I live in and that is all that needs to be shown. The shape files consist of the Streets, boundary lines, street names, etc. Each one is a seperate shape file. This map will need to be zoomable as well.
Thank you in advance.
P.S. I do not have a copy of ArcGIS so I cannot do any conversions with it. Although I have QuantumGIS installed. It's server is giving me issues though.
If you want to render your shapefile on the server and send the results to the browser, then you can use a Map Server or WMS Provider like GeoServer (http://geoserver.org/).
GeoServer is an open source software server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data.
When you serve your shapefiles in GeoServer, you can use any libraries like OpenLayers to display this data in browser (http://openlayers.org/).