Flash Image maps : rectangular, circular, and polygonal
hotspots
The popularity of ready-made map templates is on the rise in recent years.
By typing the keywords such as world
map, US
map, Europe
map, Asia
map, UK
map or any other cities maps over the world in Google, a list of websites
offering those templates will be presented instantly for users to click
on. One of the main advantages of using these pre-designed
map templates is that they are professional grade maps, and it is
very easy for users to use the cartography in these map templates with
their own additional information to generate wonderfully looking maps.
These will help you effectively convey scientific analysis and research,
and visualize data that applies to geographical regions on a map, which
can grab the attention of your target audiences.
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The
predefined map templates are extremely useful for creating store locator
maps to show company's sales territories, store locations and branch offices
across the region, with contact information and address appear when users
mouse over the placemarks for each location. Such kind of wonderful map
templates are beneficial to travel and tourism industry too. The interactive
map can associate geographical locations to actual images and text descriptions
of tour destinations, giving web viewers a real sense of place and making
their web experience much more pleasant. It gives you a large advantage
over your counterparts who do not do the same.
What about interactive floor
plan maps, mind maps and organizational chart which can't be found
easily in geographical map templates? You need to draw them all by yourself
but it would be a technically challenging task for most people if they
are not familiar with script writing and programming language. However,
with the advent of web technology, some map building programs now feature
a 'Custom map' function which enables users to import
their own map images for multi purposes. A prime example is that
real estate company can insert a static floor plan image to the map program
for a virtual tour, with some custom irregular
custom regions on top of the existing map image to highlight the property
features that you want to emphasize. Combining the floor plan with
pop up images and text on a mouse over across the custom irregular
regions, potential customers are given a sense of place and spatial perspective.
They know how the apartment looks like as if they are sitting in the middle
of it, making the property standing out and attracting more buyers.
Almost
every company needs an
organizational chart to display the hierarchical structure of an organization
and the relationship among the staff members in different positions. Enterprises
can
draw various shapes such as rectangular, circular, or any other polygonal
hotspots easily to indicate different positions, and again make use
of pop up infobox to display the staff photo, name, email address and
phone number when viewers move the mouse over the polygons. Apart from
drawing polygonal areas, the map building program also provides a line
button for you to add
straight line connecting subordinates to the box at the level above
it.
The map development tools make map building process
convenient and simple for everyone. Feel free to download
the trial version to try the features before you make a purchase.
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