New features

You can now add curved links between two cities, between two points defined by a latitude and a longitude, or between two points defined by a x and y coordinates
jQuery Mapael now handles multiple criteria legends. Each point or each area can be associated with one or several values
You can use non-vector images in order to plot locations on your map.Moreover, non-vector images can be used in the legends
The legend can be displayed horizontally or vertically
The jQuery mousewheel is now fully integrated with jQuery mapael and zoom on mousewheel features have been improved. Zoom is now focused on the cursor position
The target of each link on the map can be specified
You can define each slice of a legend with a single value or with a minimum and a maximum values
You can display a map with an initial zoom level that is focused on a particular location
Dependencies are now included through Bower packages manager.
Mapael allows users to set specific attributes for the elements in the legend independently from the attributes for the matching elements on the map
A new tutorial that explain how to create a map for jQuery Mapael is now available. It comes with some useful online tools.

Changes that are not compatible with the version 0.7.1

If you have overloaded $.fn.mapael.defaultOptions, note that the default Mapael options (previously stored in $.fn.mapael.defaultOptions) are now stored in two different variables : $.fn.mapael.defaultOptions and $.fn.mapael.legendDefaultOptions . The last one is specific to legends options.
Legends 'display' option is now set to true by default instead of false