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Interactive Map in HTML vunet 06-06-2008
Posted by vunet on June 6, 2008, 9:39 am
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How to make an interactive map without Flash? I want to move mouse
over each continent and see it changing its color but when clicked it
would send some action to the DOM.

Someone offered me to make a few images with each continent
highlighted and when user moves mouse over a different continent, a
new image is replacing older one (with another continent highlighted).
The map would have coordinates linked in <AREA> tag.

To me this does not seem to be a great solution. Though I do not know
of any alternatives yet. Did anyone have an experience with it? Can
you recommend a method of implementing continent interactive map as
described above or feedback above solution?

Thanks.

Posted by Jeremy J Starcher on June 6, 2008, 10:06 am
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On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:39:26 -0700, vunet wrote:

> How to make an interactive map without Flash? I want to move mouse over
> each continent and see it changing its color but when clicked it would
> send some action to the DOM.
>
> Someone offered me to make a few images with each continent highlighted
> and when user moves mouse over a different continent, a new image is
> replacing older one (with another continent highlighted). The map would
> have coordinates linked in <AREA> tag.
>
> To me this does not seem to be a great solution. Though I do not know of
> any alternatives yet. Did anyone have an experience with it? Can you
> recommend a method of implementing continent interactive map as
> described above or feedback above solution?
>
> Thanks.

Google for the phrase "HTML image map" and that will get you started.

Though image maps CAN be made by hand, most prefer some sort of map-
editing software. Don't have any I can recommend though -- I use custom
software because I had some very specific needs.

Posted by vunet on June 6, 2008, 11:14 am
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> On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:39:26 -0700, vunet wrote:
> > How to make an interactive map without Flash? I want to move mouse over
> > each continent and see it changing its color but when clicked it would
> > send some action to the DOM.
>
> > Someone offered me to make a few images with each continent highlighted
> > and when user moves mouse over a different continent, a new image is
> > replacing older one (with another continent highlighted). The map would
> > have coordinates linked in <AREA> tag.
>
> > To me this does not seem to be a great solution. Though I do not know of
> > any alternatives yet. Did anyone have an experience with it? Can you
> > recommend a method of implementing continent interactive map as
> > described above or feedback above solution?
>
> > Thanks.
>
> Google for the phrase "HTML image map" and that will get you started.
>
> Though image maps CAN be made by hand, most prefer some sort of map-
> editing software. Don't have any I can recommend though -- I use custom
> software because I had some very specific needs.

Thanks. I understand the solution I described is a part of your
suggested Google search for "HTML image map".
I am considering...

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