Re: Map program

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 01:10:43 +0200
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Once upon a time there were HTML image maps.
> 
> Programs as KImageMapEditor or gimp could help you to built them.
> 
> Since you'll need JS anyway I'm not even sure if they could be the
> most efficient way to achieve your target, but somehow you could
> start from HTML image maps to have at least a fall back alternative
> to a complete JS solution.
> 
> A more modern approach could possibly be to use the HTML5 canvas.
> 
> Clickable maps are a common problem for web programmers and there
> should probably be some examples and some library.
> 
> A quick google search came up with
> 
> http://www.outsharked.com/imagemapster/
> 
> https://makeaclickablemap.com/
> 
> http://www.image-maps.com/
> 
> https://github.com/kemayo/maphilight
> 
> https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/geochart
> 
> http://createaclickablemap.com/

Thanks very much Ivan,

Your answers and URLs adjusted my mindset, enabling me to choose SVG
based clickmaps. This works well for me because I make most such things
with Inkscape. I was getting nowhere until I read your post, then all
of a sudden things started happening. Thanks!

SteveT

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