HTML Image Map Hover Function Options

[bnew10]

Hello, let me preface my post by stating that I am a beginner when it comes to HTML code. I apologize ahead for my ignorance...

Now my questions, I am in the process of creating an image for the company I work for. Basically, I used Illustrator and have created an image with the goal of "mapping" particular areas of this image to create a "hover" effect. I am not sure if these are the correct terms to describe my goal. None the less, I have about 9 separate areas of this image that I would like a small text box to appear when someone rolls their mouse over each area. The text that appears on the rollover would be short and not too lengthy.

I have read a little into the process of "image mapping", but I do not need the mapped area to send someone to a different URL. I just want some simple text to appear to describe/explain the area of the image that folks are hovering above with their mouse. I am not sure if image mapping is still the process I need to pursue, or if there is a whole different process I need to use to achieve this goal?

Keep in mind I am unfamiliar with HTML terms and process (I went to school in a completely unrelated field) but I have enjoyed doing some very basic editing online. Typically, I have used a composer application to assist me with the technical process of HTML editing. Obviously, my goal would be to add this image to several different areas of our website, and allow this image to function as stated above. It appears that this is possible to do, and I have my image done and ready to edit to reflect the desired function.

If this helps, the image is that of a baseball diamond. The goal is when a customer hovers over a specific position on the field the text box would appear explaining the position further, then vanish when they moved their mouse away from that specific area.

Any help or links that might be helpful will be much appreciated. Thank you all...

[pandy]

How simple is OK? The most basic approach is to use the title attribute with the AREA tags of your image map.
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#title