Hi Mike, Have a look a http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites/
Down the bottom of the article there is a section on irregular shapes. They explain it better than I can but it still does use rectangles as the basic hover area. Cheers, Jason On 06 Sep 2004 15:57:09 +1000, James Cowperthwaite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mike - a while ago we did this site, > > http://www.waterviewridge.com.au/ > > specifically this bit: > http://www.waterviewridge.com.au/waterviewridge/index.cfm?pageID=0&stage=1 > > which uses css to dynamically place 'sold' images over a map once they > have been, err, sold. > > Is that the kind of thing you mean? > > James > > > > On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 09:33, Mkear wrote: > > Has anyone used CSS to do colour changes over areas in a map? Is > > that a practical way to do it? > > > > I have a prospective client who wants a map of a subdivision he's > > doing and wants to have the housing blocks coloured differently > > depending on sale status, availability etc, and to change colour when > > you roll the mouse over it. I was thinking of setting the inital > > state of the area based on a dynamic value pulled from the database > > (i.e sold, available, holding deposit) and with hover state for the > > mouseover. > > > > Is it a practical thing to be thinking about CSS for this, given that > > the areas aren't rectangular? > > > > Or can anyone think of a better way to do it? (My intial thought > > was to use flash but we've crossed that idea off for a number of > > reasons) > > > > Cheers > > Mike Kear > > AFP Webworks > > Windsor, NSW, Australia . > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 > > ****************************************************** The discussion > > list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web > > Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, > > inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October > > 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some > > hints on posting to the list & getting help > > ****************************************************** > -- > James Cowperthwaite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ > Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge > To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
