if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {


      var gmarkers = [];
      var htmls = [];
      var i = 0;

     //Finds y value of given object
     function findPos(obj) {
	var curtop = 0;
	if (obj.offsetParent) {
		do {
			curtop += obj.offsetTop;
		} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
	return [curtop];
	}
      }

     //Get map element
     var mapelement = document.getElementById('map');
 
      // A function to create the marker and set up the event window
      function createMarker(point,name,html) {
        var marker = new GMarker(point);
        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;
        i++;
        return marker;
      }


      // This function picks up the click and opens the corresponding info window
      function myclick(i) {

        window.scroll(0,findPos(mapelement));
        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(43.907787,-79.359741), 9);

      var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
      map.setCenter(new GLatLng( lat,lang), 9);
      map.setMapType(G_PHYSICAL_MAP);
      map.setUIToDefault();

      //var mapdata = "http://i-cjw.com/blog/routedata/example3.xml"

      // Read the data from example3.xml
      var request = GXmlHttp.create();
      request.open("GET", mapdata, true);
      request.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (request.readyState == 4) {
          var xmlDoc = GXml.parse(request.responseText);
          // 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 GLatLng(lat,lng);
            var html = markers[i].getAttribute("html");
            var label = markers[i].getAttribute("label");
            // create the marker
            var marker = createMarker(point,label,html);
            map.addOverlay(marker);
          }
        }
      }
      request.send(null);
    }