Getting Started with Image Mapping

When you go to the Image Map tab, the page shown below opens - . Once you have added the URL to the image that is to be used, the empty area to the right will contain the image.

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Figure 1 - The Image Map tab

Configuring the Image Map Question

The configuration you set up will apply to the image and all the shapes you create in the image map question. You can draw the shapes in any color, but changing the color properties in the Image Map Configuration will change the color properties of all the shapes on your image; you cannot draw some shapes in one color and then draw other shapes in a different color. Images used in different Image Map questions can have different configurations.

1. Copy the URL to the image you wish to use into the Image URL field.

Note: To ensure the image is always available to the survey, Forsta recommends that the image is stored in the File Library (refer to the Professional Authoring documentation for further details). If the image is stored on a different server and that server is unavailable for any reason, then the survey question using the image will not function.

2. Type the image width and height, in pixels, into the fields.

If the values you type in are different from the actual values for the image, then either the image will have blank stripes around it or it will be clipped.

3. If an alternative image is to be used, copy its URL into the field.
4. Select the colors, opacity and border width to be used as appropriate.
5. Click Apply & Save to save the configuration.

You are now ready to draw the required shapes.