Desktop Image Map Editor

With the evolution in technology, it’s now possible to get anywhere with directions provided directly by your phone. However, surfing the web may also require a map, since you can easily get lost on the information superhighway. In this regard, Desktop Image Map Editor comes with the means of adding trigger points on pictures and generate a HTML code.

One advantage in particular is portability, which means you don’t have to go through a setup process to make the application work, and can even be used on other computers directly from a USB flash drive. But before this is possible, you need to make sure that the target computer is fitted with Adobe AIR for no functionality issues to occur.

It’s best to leave the main window with its default size specifications, because resizing it has no effect on elements, which can easily become frustrating, considering that elements are crowded. The image preview area is disappointingly small, but you can zoom out to view the whole picture.

The application works through custom points you directly draw on the given picture. Here is where the zoom tool comes in handy again, because adding too many areas gets difficult on a small image. However, you might want to use dedicated buttons whenever you create a new point of interest, because drawing directly on the canvas can mess up existing values.

Points are saved and shown in a list. The shape can be changed, while the coordinates field is automatically filled in. What you can do is adjust altitude and relief, as well as whether to target a different window or not. HTML code is generated in a dedicated space as you make adjustments. Unfortunately, you need to manually copy the code into an editor, because there’s no possibility to export it to file directly.

All things considered, we can say that Desktop Image Map Editor comes with good intentions, but feels a little rough around the edges, both in terms of visuals and set of features. It gets incredibly difficult to work on a small picture, especially when mapping points, while your work is extended to copying generated code, because of the lack of export functions.