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There are two types of image maps that are called client-side and server-side image maps. I will explain about client-side image maps in this tutorial and in a future tutorial, I will explain about server-side image maps.

The other type of an image map is called server-side because of the work that is done by the server when a user clicks on a hotspot also known as a link or clickable region or area.

What if you need to get the coordinates for your client-side image map and do not have access to a web page editor like Adobe Dreamweaver and so on, which can draw image maps on to your images as well as provide you with the coordinates. This is cool if you create web pages with Dreamweaver or other web page editors, but if you are coding your image map by hand what can you do, nothing your screwed, I’m just playing. You can use the free programs available on your computer that will tell you your images coordinates or you can use the image map coordinates hack technique, which I will explain.