Image maps offer a rather fancier way of organising a set of
links than a simple list.
You need a graphic whose regions correspond to different topics
that you wish to present. Here we use an actual map with links
(intra-page) to sections in this page describing the states
(links are more typically to other web pages). Much more
imaginative uses of image maps are possible.
<img src="map.gif" usemap="#mapA" width=407 height=349 >The map data specifies the shapes (rect, polygon, circle) along with the links:
<map name="mapA">
<area shape=circle coords="296,322 ,26"
href="#Tasmania">
<area shape=polygon coords="256,303, 255,245, 267,245, 285,265,
313,269, 312,281,
336,291, 332,304, 256,303"
href="#Victoria">
<area shape=circle coords="324,264, 10" href="#ACT">
<area shape=polygon coords="381,192, 353,199, 335,192, 315,199,
262,191, 258,194, 256,244, 275,250, 284,266, 313,269,
314,283, 338,292,
338,292, 375,305, 375,305, 381,192"
href="#NSW">
<area shape=rect coords="146,1, 234,161" href="#NT">
<area shape=polygon
coords="235,3, 234,161, 259,160, 260,190, 330,197, 339,190,
351,200, 378,190, 346,17, 235,3"
href="#Queensland">
<area shape=rect coords="3,8, 151,306" href="#WA">
<area shape=rect coords="149,162, 256,304" href="#SA">
<area shape=default href="#Ocean">
</map>