I think I should have been clearer about my quandary: 
I want to link to lightbox-style pseudo-popups by clicking links FROM an image-map (not to the map). 

*-box style linkers all seem to be keyed into the anchor-tag functionality, whereas image maps use the area-tag. So I either need:
- an lightbox-style tool that can work with the area tag, or
- an way of doing image maps that uses the anchor-tag instead of the area tag.

Does anyone know of a solution here? ("Re-write the lightbox code" is of course a theoretical possibility, but I'd prefer not to get into that!)

Thanks
ken 

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From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Irwin [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:20 PM
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] image maps + lightbox/thickbox/ibox/etc

Hi all,

Does anyone have an-AJAX "pop-up window" style tool that works with image maps? I'm thinking of something in the the lightbox, thickbox, ibox family. I've found a bunch of references to people online *looking* for this functionality, but no one finding it. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ken