Image map rollover show/hide layer

Question

My client needs a map of the US which has image maps on specific states. I need to trigger rollovers to change the state's color and view info (layer?). I'm having difficulty triggering the rollover with show/hide action on a layer, or even to change the state color, as I can't create odd shaped slices. Am I making this harder than it needs to be? Some smaller states will use offset names as triggers.

Answer 1

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> My client needs a map of the US which has image maps on specific states. I
> need to trigger rollovers to change the state's color and view info (layer?).
> I'm having difficulty triggering the rollover with show/hide action on a
> layer, or even to change the state color, as I can't create odd shaped
> slices.
You can do that with an image map and a whole bunch of images; no layers
required.
The only image that will be swapped out is a map covering the entire
area, however you'd need to create different versions of the map, each
with just one state hi-lighted.
Then create image map shapes with the polygon tool approximating the
shape of the states. Assign a Set Image URL to each polygon to swap out
the image for the one with that particular state hi-lighted.
A sample can be seen here:
Cheers Martin