Polymap

The concept of Polymap is simple: using the application-specific fields in GIF files to store mapping information. Thus the mapping information, in the form of polygons, is tightly coupled with the image.

How To Use:

  • Download polymap.zip (137KB)
  • Unzip with a compression utility.
  • Create your own polymap-intelligent gif images with the Polymap Toolkit (388KB)

    Java Source: source.html

    Sample HTML Source: 

    <applet code=ImageMap.class width=416 height=325>
	<param name=img value="tourmap.gif">
	<param name=COLOR value=9933CC>
</applet>

    Configuration: config.html

    Status: free

    Author: Cheong S Ang

    Homepage: http://www.lri.ucsf.edu/polymap/polymapMain.html

    Upload Date: March 15, 1996

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