HTML link talking to flash

Hi,
I have a small task to create a map and a list of cities,
when I click on the map I need a small red dot or spot come up on
the map.
I have searched for Javascript and Ajax scripts that do this,
I cant find anything.
So I thought a full flash file can do this. But there is no
space left for text.
I would like to know if there is a way I can do this with an
image file or with two flash files, one holding the city names and
the other holding the map.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Not good with Flash at all :'(

Hi guys,
I have figured out a way of creating the map effect but not
as nice as the site above.
Using Javascript I am loading the image on rollover state:
Heres my code:
<script type="text/javascript">
function mouseOver()
document.map.src ="images/map7.jpg";
function mouseOut()
document.map.src ="images/map.jpg";
</script>
<td><a href="search_by_location.php"
onMouseOver="mouseOver()"
onMouseOut="mouseOut()">mouse</a> </td>
<td><div align="right"><img
src="images/map.jpg" border="0" usemap="#Map" id="map"
name="map"/></div></td>
But the problem I have is how do I add the correct map when
the user clicks on the town/city name?
The town/city name will be taken from the database and setup
as a link to go to search_by_location.php which will have SQL to
show all for specific location(town/city)
Im sure someone once told me you cant add php to javascript
:-s is this correct?

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