If you have any thoughts about using the Image Map tool in GIMP to create an image map, my advice is: don't bother. It's FULL OF BUGS! I created ONE area for an image (admittedly with quite a few points), saved it, and when I reopened it the area was totally messed up! Points were moved to strange locations, lines overlapped. It's also extremely cumbersome and slow to use. Clicking on a line to add a point is practically impossible (it took me over 20 tries one time to click the line just right). In sum, it's a total waste of time.
If you need to create an image map use MapEdit by Boutell Software ( It's easy to use, works very well, and is shareware. You get 30 days or 100 saves on the trial version, and registration is only $10. I managed to create an image map of the US with 10 regions (some with MANY points) in just a few minutes, and didn't have the slightest bit of trouble with it. The image map created was a cinch to put into my web page, and works perfectly. (I am not in any way affiliated with the software or its author, I just like the program.)
Tracy Dryden
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
If you need to create an image map use MapEdit by Boutell Software ( It's easy to use, works very well, and is shareware. You get 30 days or 100 saves on the trial version, and registration is only $10. I managed to create an image map of the US with 10 regions (some with MANY points) in just a few minutes, and didn't have the slightest bit of trouble with it. The image map created was a cinch to put into my web page, and works perfectly. (I am not in any way affiliated with the software or its author, I just like the program.)
Tracy Dryden
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.