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    if (GBrowserIsCompatible() )  { 
    
      
      // This function picks up the click and opens the corresponding info window
      function myclick(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml('<div style="white-space:nowrap;">'+gmarkers[i].my_html+'</div>');
      }


      // create the map
      var map = new GMap(document.getElementById("map"));
      map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
      map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
      map.centerAndZoom(new GPoint(-75.027292,39.420061 ), 6);
      
      // array to hold copies of the markers 
      // we cant scan map.overlays[] because the order of teh entries changes
      var gmarkers = [];
      
      // functions that open the directions forms
      function tohere(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml('<div style="white-space:nowrap;">'+gmarkers[i].to_html+'</div>');
      }
      function fromhere(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml('<div style="white-space:nowrap;">'+gmarkers[i].from_html+'</div>');
      }



      // Read the data from example.xml
      var request = GXmlHttp.create();
      request.open("GET", "markers.xml", true);
      request.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (request.readyState == 4) {
          var xmlDoc = request.responseXML;
          // obtain the array of markers and loop through it
          var markers = xmlDoc.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("marker");
          
          for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
            // obtain the attribues of each marker
            var lat = parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute("lat"));
            var lng = parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute("lng"));
            var point = new GPoint(lng,lat);
            var html = markers[i].getAttribute("html");
			var pic = markers[i].getAttribute("pic");
            var label = markers[i].getAttribute("label");
			var address1 = markers[i].getAttribute("address1");
			var address2 = markers[i].getAttribute("address2");
            // create the marker
            var marker = new GMarker(point);
			
            // Build the extra html that handles the directions links and forms
            //     The inactive version of the direction info
            marker.my_html = '<strong>' + html + '</strong><br>' + address1 + '<br>' + address2 + '<br><br><strong>Directions:</strong> <a href="javascript:tohere('+i+')">To here</a> - <a href="javascript:fromhere('+i+')">From here</a>';
            //     The version with the "to here" form open
            marker.to_html = html + '<br>Directions: <b>To here</b> - <a href="javascript:fromhere(' + i + ')">From here</a>' +
                  '<br>Start address:<form action="http://maps.google.com/maps" method="get" target="_blank">' +
                  '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="saddr" id="saddr" value="" /><br>' +
                  '<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
                  '<input type="hidden" name="daddr" value="' +
                  point.y + ',' + point.x + "(" + label + ")" + '"/>';
            //     The version with the "to here" form open
            marker.from_html = html + '<br>Directions: <a href="javascript:tohere(' + i + ')">To here</a> - <b>From here</b>' +
                  '<br>End address:<form action="http://maps.google.com/maps" method="get"" target="_blank">' +
                  '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="daddr" id="daddr" value="" /><br>' +
                  '<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
                  '<input type="hidden" name="saddr" value="' +
                  point.y + ',' + point.x + "(" + label + ")" + '"/>';
            marker.my_name = label;
            map.addOverlay(marker);
            gmarkers.push(marker);
          }
          // this variable will collect the html which will eventually be placed in the sidebar
          var sidebar_html = "";
      
          // scan through the gmarkers[] array assembling the sidebar html
          for (var i=0; i < gmarkers.length; i++) {
            if (gmarkers[i].my_name) {
          sidebar_html += '<a href="javascript:myclick(' + i + ')">' + gmarkers[i].my_name + '</a><br>';
            }
          }        


          // put the assembled sidebar_html contents into the sidebar div
          <!--document.getElementById("sidebar").innerHTML = sidebar_html;-->
        }
      }
      request.send(null);

      GEvent.addListener(map, "click", function(overlay, point) {
        if (overlay) {
          if (overlay.my_html) {
            overlay.openInfoWindowHtml('<div style="width:210px;">'+overlay.my_html+'</div>');
          }
        }
      });      
  }

   else {
     alert("Sorry, the Google Maps API is not compatible with this browser");
   }

    // This Javascript is based on code provided by the
    // Blackpool Community Church Javascript Team
    // http://www.commchurch.freeserve.co.uk/   
    // http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/googlemaps/

    //]]>