how to visualise/debug an imagemap?

Question

I\'m dynamically generating an imagemap for a chart tool I have.

I was hoping to be able to set a border or color on the area tags so I could check everything was be

Answer 1

What about using JavaScript (and jQuery) to test it?

http://davidlynch.org/js/maphilight/docs/demo_usa.html

This plugin will highlight image map areas.