Quoting Angelo Zanetti <angelo@elemental.co.za>:

> Hi Guys,
>
> We have a project where by we have a map in ai format (vector format). What
> we want to do is to programmatically come up with a solution that say on the
> map there is a restaurant at a certain location, that we can zoom into the
> map on that specific area.
>
> I really am not sure where to start. I guess image maps arent going to work
> are they?
>
> Should I be using the GD library for manipulating the images and doing
> zooming? Also will the ai format be supported?
>
> Please guys, any tips, links or help is appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Angelo
>

I think doing something like this with GD is nearly impossible.

But you could import the vector image in flash/flex. Draw an invisible
grid over it to create some sort of long / lat coordinats.

Or maybe just move to the google / yahoo map API's.