Image mapping is a function which allows the user to create multiple links for an image to increase functionability and usability while maintaing ease of use and sophistocation. By identifying different ares of an image as links for other pages, this allows the user to make use of a appropriate image and increase the variety and style of navigation inside a webpage.

Below is an image which uses Image Mapping. Notice that by moving the cursor over the image, several tags appear over different areas of the image.