The Map object represents an HTML <map> element.
We can access a <map> element via document.getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("myMap");
Click the button to get the number of area elements in the image-map.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <img src="image1.png" width="145" height="126" alt="Planets" usemap="#myMap"> <map id="myMap" name="myMap"> <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,30,30" alt="Web" href="https://www.java2s.com"> <area shape="circle" coords="90,90,30" alt="Site" href="https://www.java2s.com"> <area shape="circle" coords="10,10,20" alt="Target" href="https://www.java2s.com"> </map>//w w w . ja v a2 s .co m <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myMap").areas.length; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>