Index: wp-includes/formatting.php
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--- wp-includes/formatting.php	(revision 4896)
+++ wp-includes/formatting.php	(working copy)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	$pee = $pee . "\n"; // just to make things a little easier, pad the end
 	$pee = preg_replace('|<br />\s*<br />|', "\n\n", $pee);
 	// Space things out a little
-	$allblocks = '(?:table|thead|tfoot|caption|colgroup|tbody|tr|td|th|div|dl|dd|dt|ul|ol|li|pre|select|form|blockquote|address|math|style|script|object|input|param|p|h[1-6])';
+	$allblocks = '(?:table|thead|tfoot|caption|colgroup|tbody|tr|td|th|div|dl|dd|dt|ul|ol|li|pre|select|form|map|area|blockquote|address|math|style|script|object|input|param|p|h[1-6])';
 	$pee = preg_replace('!(<' . $allblocks . '[^>]*>)!', "\n$1", $pee);
 	$pee = preg_replace('!(</' . $allblocks . '>)!', "$1\n\n", $pee);
 	$pee = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r"), "\n", $pee); // cross-platform newlines
