title: How to make an interactive city map without Flash
body: <p>So I've looked at all the previous questions asked and found that nothing was answered to the point of what most are asking and I would like to rephrase the question asked about making clickable maps.</p>
  
  <p>The idea - Have a map of a singular city in the USA that I could use jquery to outline the towns inside said city. I would then like to be able to go into further detail of said town showing things like shopping centers, parks, street names, available housing, etc.</p>
  
  <p>I could use the map detail I received from the city to draw/outline all these small sections from a vector file I have.</p>
  
  <p>This doesn't necessarily have to remain on the same page but it would be nice if it did.</p>
  
  <p>If this could be too expensive hiring someone or too long to sit and code for one person, then my next option would be using Google Maps. Now I know that Google Maps doesn't have the most up-to-date visuals so I was wondering if it was possible to set up all my own markers and possibly pictures of locations if they don't exist on Google?</p>
  
  <p>The Result - A custom map that's somewhat reminiscent to that of Google Maps only without the hassle of Google Maps itself and if there was a search option for the map using Google Maps as a last resort I wouldn't want the search results to display anything but locations within the city limits.</p>
  
  <p>Or should I just use DreamWeaver to hot-spot a map that each link to their respective location details?</p>
  
  <p>These are similar examples I've found but most are just hover and click but nothing further. <a href="http://davidlynch.org/projects/maphilight/docs/demo_usa.html" rel="nofollow">http://davidlynch.org/projects/maphilight/docs/demo_usa.html</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://exploregooglemaps.blogspot.com.br/p/resources.html" rel="nofollow">http://exploregooglemaps.blogspot.com.br/p/resources.html</a></p>