Often, most people can't even offer image maps without directly involving the system administrator or Internet provider. In this article, we'll show you how to create client-side image maps, a new feature available in Web browsers that lets you easily offer image maps in your Web documents. For example, Figure A shows a graphical button bar, a map, and directional images that can more easily lead people to information. Image maps make navigating easier. Each of these items is an image map to guide you to other pages of information.
Traditional image maps Traditional image maps depend on servers.
That is, they rely on hooks, patches, and CGIs that run with your particular server's software. To create a traditional image map, you'll need a graphic and an idea of what you want to occur when you click on particular regions of that graphic. Unfortunately, there hasn't been one simple way to format map information. As you might imagine, creating a Web page that includes an image map can become more trouble than it's worth. Also, because of the computing resources and security risks, many Web service providers may not readily offer image maps.