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title: "JavaScript – Image Map"
description: "Introduction:In this article I am going to explain about image map in JavaScript and how we can use it in Java Script.An image-map is an image with a"
author: "AVADHESH PATEL"
published: 2012-11-19
updated: 2014-09-18
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/392/javascript-image-map
category: "javascript"
tags: ["javascript"]
reading_time: 1 minute
---
# JavaScript – Image Map
##### Introduction:
In this [article](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/95867/are-you-looking-for-500-credit-score-mortgage-lenders-houston-continue-reading-this-article) I am going to [explain](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157854/what-is-system-debugging-explain-some-system-debugging-tools-used-in-modern-computer-systems) about image map in [JavaScript](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/874/how-to-create-watermark-text-for-textbox-by-using-javascript) and how we can use it in Java [Script](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/477/how-can-i-execute-a-php-script-using-command-line).
An image-map is an image with a clickable area. It is used to [define](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/audio/1110/lifestyles-choices-that-define-our-lives) a [client side](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160418/what-are-the-best-practices-for-securely-storing-bearer-tokens-on-the-client-side) image map. The image which is going to form the map is inserted on a page using ![]()
element, but it carries an extra [attribute](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/221/attributes-reflection) . The value of the usemap attribute is the value of the name attribute on the