How can I easily do a HTML image map of complicated shapes?

I have never done an image map before and it seems like it will be a challenge for me. The image itself is a map of a country, and I need to create lots of different html links for lots of different parts of the country (split up into unusual shapes). Any suggestions?

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  1. You know when your creating a design? Why don't you google the map and then use the code to set the map as the background I guess if thats what your trying to do.. I dont know much i really jsut started coding
  2. Some image editing programs have an image map tool to draw lines around the areas you need and spit out the image map code for you. I'm pretty sure Photoshop and maybe Fireworks can do that. If you're looking for something free you might see if The Gimp can do it.
  3. If you go to http://thurmania.com/Mapmaker2.html you can get that tracker to make your own generator to play with Imaps. At http://thurmania.com/Colorstars.html you'll see how I treated those stars the easy way. I just made a small circle or rectangle inside them. The syntax is there for circle, rectangle and polygon you're interested in. Imaps are grrrrrrreat fun to do........ :-)
  4. Adobe Fireworks was BUILT for that.You draw the shapes on the map, add links to each shape and then export the HTML into your web page.
  5. The easiest way is to import the image in Dreamweaver and use the map tool for links. For more tutorials http://www.gateway2internet.com
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