title: highlight multiple map areas using jquery
body: <p>How to highlight multiple area of a map at the same time on mouse hover from an external link using jquery. The id of the area is dynamic from codebehind C#. Can anyone get me a sample?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div id="map"&gt;
  &lt;map name="scandinavia_map" id="scandinavia_map"&gt;
   &lt;area id="area_finland" shape="poly" coords="193,64,207,78,217,80,226,90,228,104,229,114,234,122,234,133,237,144,254,157,251,172,208,234,196,307,206,312,246,311,306,283,339,228,339,202,290,74,281,71,274,50,277,42,272,34,266,33,262,29,252,34,245,38,243,53,245,60,234,72,228,68,222,72,212,71,198,58,197,58,198,62"&gt;&lt;/map&gt; 
  &lt;script&gt;$("#map area").mouseover(function() {
          var alt_text = $(this).attr('alt');
          $("#test").html(alt_text);
      })&lt;/script&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>