What Is the File Extension .Map?
Although file extension serve as markers to computers, providing information about the purpose of a file and its source, it is possible for unrelated files to share a common file extension. An example of this is a .map file, which is used by three distinctly different programs.
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Identification
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A file with the .map file extension is known as a Half-Life map file, a Weather Defender map file or an image map.
Sources
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Half-Life map file are associated with the video game Half-Life, which is produced by Valve. A Weather Defender map file is used by the program SWIFT Weather Defender, while an image map is a generic file associated with many different programs.
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Function
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Half-Life map files contain the layout of a world that players explore in the Half-Life game, while a Weather Defender map file contains a weather radar map. An image map file powers a link on a website.
Use
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Image map files allow people viewing a website to open a new web page by clicking a picture or image. Emergency management professionals and meteorologists use Weather Defender maps to issue winter storm warnings to the general public.
Customization
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Some .map files come with the installation software from Valve Half-Life, while others are created by players using a program known as Valve Worldcraft. The games Quake and Quake 2 also have the ability to use custom .map files.
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