Map This Version 1.31

Important Note: MapThis is a 32-bit program, for use with Windows 95.
It can also run in Windows 3.1, provided you already have a recent verison of Win32s installed.
However, Win32s is an extremely large application (see http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q122/2/35.htm for details).
Windows 3.1 users are therefore advised to use the Mapedit imagemap creating program instead.

About MapThis: MapThis is a freeware program which allows you to create both client-side and server-side imagemaps, using either GIF or JPG image files. It offers the following advanced features (which are not present in the simpler Mapedit program):

ability to "zoom in" on the image for high-resolution work
ability to overlay a grid and guide-lines for precise alignment of hot-spots
facility for previewing the appearance of the finished imagemap
ability to open and work on several different image maps at once
if you accidentally create hot-spots that are "hidden" behind other hot-spots, and which therefore cannot be selected by the user, MapThis will detect and warn you about them
the order of precedence of overlapping hot-spots can be amended
ability to "click and drag" hypertext links from Netscape directly into the imagemap areas (this saves typing in URLs)
very comprehensive help-files.

See a picture of MapThis in use (68Kb)

The author of MapThis has a homepage at http://www.liveimage.com/

Installing MapThis in Windows 95:

Download and save the executable program mpths131.exe (891Kb) to a suitable directory on your PC.
Start the Windows 95 Explorer, and open the file mpths131.exe
Follow the setup program's instructions. You will be prompted for a directory into which to install the MapThis program.
Once the program is successfully installed, you can delete the original source file mpths131.exe , if you wish.
Run the MapThis program from the Start button menu.
Read the program's built-in help files for details of how to make client-side and server-side imagemaps.

For further information on imagemaps, consult the following documentation:

the Computing Centre's tutorial workbook HTML7: Creating Active Maps

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Last Modified: Monday, 26-Jun-2000 09:45:33 BST