how to visualise/debug an imagemap?

Question

I'm dynamically generating an imagemap for a chart tool I have.

I was hoping to be able to set a border or color on the area tags so I could check everything was being generated with the right coords, but a little research shows this is not possible.

So whats the easiest way to check my image map is correct? Are there any browser tools which will "visualise" the areas?

Answer 1

What about using JavaScript (and jQuery) to test it?

http://davidlynch.org/js/maphilight/docs/demo_usa.html

This plugin will highlight image map areas.