JQuery with maphighlight in IE8

If you have problem using jQuery and maphighlight in Internet Explorer 8, this link explains why:

https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=333905&wa=wsignin1.0

The reason is that IE8 have changed it’s support for VML rendering.

A simple solution to get your page to function in IE8 is to use the following tag

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />

This will cause the IE capability mode to kick in and everything should now work fine