var address = null; var map = null; /* Instance of Google Maps object */ var geocoder = null; /* Instance of Google Deocoder object */ var map_compatible = false; /* Whether or not user's browser is compatible to show the map */ /* Check if the browser is compatible */ if( GBrowserIsCompatible() ) { map_compatible = true; } /* Initialize the map this will be called when the document is loaded from: */ function initialize_map() { if( map_compatible ) { // alert(address); map = new GMap2(document.getElementById('map')); geocoder = new GClientGeocoder(); show_address(address); /* This displays the zoom controls for the map. If you don't want them just delete the line */ map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl()); /* This displays the map type. If you don't want that feature then just delete this */ map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl()); } } /* This function will move the map and shows the address passed to it */ function show_address(address) { if( map_compatible && geocoder ) { geocoder.getLatLng( address, function( point ) { if( !point ) { document.getElementById('map').style.display = 'none'; // alert('Sorry! Map information is not available for this address.'); } else { map.setCenter(point, 15); var marker = new GMarker(point); map.addOverlay(marker); // marker.openInfoWindowHtml(address); } } ); } return false; }