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It is possible to create client-side image maps by hand using a text editor, but doing so requires web designers to know how to code HTML as well as how to enumerate the coordinates of the areas they wish to place over the image. As a result, most image maps coded by hand are simple polygons.

Because creating image maps in a text editor requires much time and effort, many applications have been designed to allow web designers to create image maps quickly and easily, much as they would create shapes in a [[vector graphics editor]]. Examples of these applications are Adobe's [[Dreamweaver]] or [[KImageMapEditor]] (for [[KDE]]), [[Chasys Draw IES]] (via the Hyperlink option of the Mark-up tool<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpchacha.com/chasysdraw/help.php?file=artist_objects_hyperlinks.htm |title=Online Help for Chasys Draw IES: Objects - Hyperlinks and HTML Image Maps |date=2025-05-03 |publisher=John Paul Chacha's Lab |df=dmy }}</ref>), and the imagemap plugin found in [[GIMP]]. The free and open-source office suite [[LibreOffice]] also includes a dedicated ImageMap editor.<ref>{{cite web |title=LibreOffice ImageMap editor help |url=https://help.libreoffice.org/7.5/en-US/text/shared/guide/imagemap.html}}</ref>

Image maps which do not make their clickable areas obvious risk subjecting the user to [[mystery meat navigation]]. Even when they do, where they lead may not be obvious. This can be partially remedied with rollover effects.<ref>{{cite book