GIMP and Image Maps

[tsdragon]

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 (

http://www.boutell.com/mapedit/).

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.

 

[TrojanWarBlade]

That's a shame,
I've never tried the Image Map tool in Gimp.
Have you emailed the authors?
With Gimp being such a well respected package I would guess that they would like to know about things like that.



Trojan.

 

[mrijk]

Some info on the Imagemap plug-in:

http://maurits.wordpress.com/

Have fun