title: Extracting coordinates of a path from an SVG file
body: <p>I'm trying to find percise coordinates from a path in Adobe Illustrator to use in an HTML image map and someone suggested I save the path as an SVG file, however when I open the SVG in  note pad, I get the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 16.0.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  --&gt;
  &lt;!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"&gt;
  &lt;svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
       width="300.96px" height="248.16px" viewBox="0 0 300.96 248.16" enable-background="new 0 0 300.96 248.16" xml:space="preserve"&gt;
  &lt;path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" fill="none" d="M81.6,152.64c7.519,0,15.041,0,22.56,0
      c-0.64,2.88-1.28,5.76-1.92,8.64c-0.16,2.4-0.32,4.8-0.48,7.2c-0.16,0-0.32,0-0.48,0c0,2.56,0,5.121,0,7.68
      c-0.659,2.333,0.264,6.49-0.48,9.12c-0.16,0-0.32,0-0.48,0c0,1.6,0,3.2,0,4.8c-0.16,0-0.32,0-0.48,0
      c-0.584,2.076,0.248,5.349,0.48,6.72c0,1.6,0,3.2,0,4.8c-0.16,0-0.32,0-0.48,0c-0.364,1.869,0.809,1.523,0.96,1.92
      c0.56,1.47-0.759,3.551-0.96,4.32c0.16,1.12,0.32,2.24,0.48,3.36c0.16,0,0.32,0,0.48,0c0.488,1.604-0.283,3.241-0.48,4.32
      c-0.96-0.16-1.92-0.32-2.88-0.48c-0.48,1.44-0.96,2.88-1.44,4.32c0,0.8,0,1.6,0,2.4c-0.16,0-0.32,0-0.48,0c0,1.12,0,2.24,0,3.36
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      c0,0.64,0,1.28,0,1.92c-0.16,0-0.32,0-0.48,0c0,0.32,0,0.64,0,0.96c-0.32,0.16-0.64,0.32-0.96,0.48c0,0.32,0,0.64,0,0.96
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      c-0.16-0.8-0.32-1.6-0.48-2.4c-1.045-0.202-1.367-0.318-1.92-0.96c1.975-1.655,1.015-4.196,1.92-6.72c2.88-0.64,5.76-1.28,8.64-1.92
      c0.633-2.939,2.051-6.325,2.88-9.12c0.455-1.531-0.247-3.995-0.48-4.8c-0.32-3.199-0.64-6.4-0.96-9.6c0-1.027,0.48-0.96,0.48-0.96
      c-0.16-5.6-0.32-11.201-0.48-16.8c0-2.879,0-5.76,0-8.64c-0.16,0-0.32,0-0.48,0c0-1.6,0-3.2,0-4.8c-0.16,0-0.32,0-0.48,0
      c0-1.76,0-3.52,0-5.28C81.954,157.702,81.619,155.542,81.6,152.64z"/&gt;
  &lt;/svg&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Could someone please tell me how to extract the coordinates from this XML data so I can use them with an HTML image map?  I obviously have no experience with parsing XML files and I wouldn't know where to begin with preparing a script to do so.  </p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>