var map;
  var geocoder;
  

    // showLocation() is called by the onOpen event
    // in the form.  It geocodes the address entered into the form
    // and adds a marker to the map at that location.
    function showLocation(address) {
    //alert ("address = " + address);
      geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();
      geocoder.getLocations(address, addAddressToMap);
    }

     // addAddressToMap() is called when the geocoder returns an
    // answer.  It adds a marker to the map with an open info window
    // showing the nicely formatted version of the address and the country code.
    function addAddressToMap(response) {
          //alert ("start addAddressToMap");
       if (!response || response.Status.code != 200) {
         //try only the city and state?
        pos = jsAddress.indexOf(",");
       var citystate = jsAddress.substring(pos+1,999);
       jsAddress = citystate;
        window.status="Unable to geocode that address - will try city instead - " + "[" + citystate + "]";       
       if ((citystate == null) | (citystate ==""))
         {window.status= "Address incomplete- unable to find on the map";
           return false;
           }     
       geocoder.getLocations(citystate, addAddressToMap);
       } 
      map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
      map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
      map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
      map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.774, -122.397), 10);
      map.clearOverlays();
      //alert ("map built - b4 response");
      if (!response || response.Status.code != 200) {
      } else {
         //alert ("map built - now set the points");
        place = response.Placemark[0];
        point = new GLatLng(place.Point.coordinates[1],
                            place.Point.coordinates[0]);
        marker = new GMarker(point);
        map.addOverlay(marker);
        map.setZoom(15);
        var listInfo  = "<table bgcolor='#ffffff' border='0'><tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style='color:#000000' >" + place.address  + "</td></tr></table>" ;
        marker.openInfoWindowHtml(listInfo );
      }
    }

function createMapWithLatLon(address, lat, lon) {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
        map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
        //map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
        map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
        map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
        map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.4419, -122.1419), 11);
        map.enableDoubleClickZoom();
        
       // Create a base icon for all of our markers that specifies the
        // shadow, icon dimensions, etc.
        baseIcon = new GIcon();
        baseIcon.shadow = "http://www.google.com/mapfiles/shadow50.png";
        baseIcon.iconSize = new GSize(20, 34);
        baseIcon.shadowSize = new GSize(37, 34);
        baseIcon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(9, 34);
        baseIcon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(9, 2);
        baseIcon.infoShadowAnchor = new GPoint(18, 25);
        var point = new GLatLng( lat, lon);
        if (point) {
            //alert ("creating marker for " + i);
           var markerName = address;        
            var marker = new GMarker(point,{title:markerName});            
             map.addOverlay (marker);
           map.setCenter(point, 11);
           var listInfo  = "<table bgcolor='#ffffff' border='0'><tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td >" + address  + "</td></tr></table>" ;
           //window.status = "create listInfo";
           marker.openInfoWindowHtml(listInfo );
            }   //end of IF point
       }  //end of IF browser 
 }