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    if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
      var side_bar_html = "";
      var gmarkers = [];
      var htmls = [];
      var i = 0;
	  
	  // arrays to hold variants of the info window html with get direction forms open
      var to_htmls = [];
      var from_htmls = [];

        // === Create an associative array of GIcons() ===
      var gicons = [];
      gicons["borders"] = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON, "borders.png");
      gicons["edinburgh"] = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON, "edinburgh.png");
    
	    // A function to create the marker and set up the event window
      function createMarker(point,name,html,icontype) {
		var marker = new GMarker(point, gicons[icontype]);
			 GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
					  marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
        });
        // The info window version with the "to here" form open
        to_htmls[i] = 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.lat() + ',' + point.lng() + 
                  // "(" + name + ")" + 
           '"/>';
        // The info window version with the "to here" form open
        from_htmls[i] = 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.lat() + ',' + point.lng() +
                  // "(" + name + ")" + 
           '"/>';
        // The inactive version of the direction info
        html = html + '<br>Directions: <a href="javascript:tohere('+i+')">To here</a> - <a href="javascript:fromhere('+i+')">From here</a>';

        GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
          marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
        });
        // save the info we need to use later for the side_bar
        gmarkers[i] = marker;
        htmls[i] = html;
        // add a line to the side_bar html
        side_bar_html += '<a href="javascript:myclick(' + i + ')">' + name + '</a><br>';
        i++;
        return marker;
		
      }
	  
	  
  function tohere(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(to_htmls[i]);
      }
      function fromhere(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(from_htmls[i]);
      }




      // This function picks up the click and opens the corresponding info window
      function myclick(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(htmls[i]);
      }


      // create the map
      var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
      map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
      map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
      map.setCenter(new GLatLng( 55.6, -2.85), 9);


      // A function to read the data
      function readMap(url) {
        var request = GXmlHttp.create();
        request.open("GET", url, 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");
            
            // hide the info window, otherwise it still stays open where the removed marker used to be
            map.getInfoWindow().hide();
            
            map.clearOverlays();
            
            // empty the array
            gmarkers = [];

            // reset the side_bar
            side_bar_html="";
          
            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 GLatLng(lat,lng);
              var html = markers[i].getAttribute("html");
              var label = markers[i].getAttribute("label");
			
			  // === read the icontype attribute ===
            var icontype = markers[i].getAttribute("icontype");
      // create the marker
            var marker = createMarker(point,label,html,icontype);
              map.addOverlay(marker);
            }
            // put the assembled side_bar_html contents into the side_bar div
            document.getElementById("side_bar").innerHTML = side_bar_html;
          }
        }
        request.send(null);
      }
      
      // When initially loaded, use the data from "map11.php?q=a"
      readMap("locations.xml");
      
    }

    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/

    //]]>