HTML <area> Tag with the 'type' Attribute

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<img src ="/images/examples/australia-nz-map.gif" width="200" height="142" alt="Map of Australia and New Zealand" usemap ="#aus-nz">

<map name="aus-nz">
  <area shape="poly" coords="3,47,45,12,105,7,140,60,120,125,12,90" href="/images/examples/byron_bay_australia.jpg" alt="Australia" download type="image/jpg">
  <area shape="poly" coords="180,85,200,98,167,142,157,138" href="/images/examples/milford_sound_nz.jpg" alt="New Zealand" download type="image/jpg">
</map>

The above example demonstrates the type attribute of the <area> element.

The type attribute specifies the MIME type of the linked resource. Only to be used when the href attribute is present.

This attribute is purely advisory.