I\'m developing an internal web app on our company intranet using PHP. One section of the app displays a couple of high resolution images to the user. These images are in th
This topic was solved here on stackoverflow: jquery-image-map-alternative
The best idea is to use absolutely positioned anchors (also as suggested by steveax) instead of imagemap.
Update
As this is an old question, you might consider using SVG maps these days. They are supported in all modern browsers, works responsively and are as easy to use as image maps. (thanks to user vladkras for reminder)