var map = null;
    var geocoder = null;
    var gmarkers = [];
	var htmls = [];
	var to_htmls = [];
	var from_htmls = [];
	var i=0;
    
    // A function to create the marker and set up the event window
    function createMarker(point,html) {
        var marker = new GMarker(point);

        // 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=30 MAXLENGTH=48 name="saddr" id="saddr" value="" /><br>' +
           '<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
           '<input type="hidden" name="daddr" value="' + point.lat() + ',' + point.lng() +
           '"/>';
        // 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=30 MAXLENGTH=48 name="daddr" id="daddr" value="" /><br>' +
           '<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
           '<input type="hidden" name="saddr" value="' + point.lat() + ',' + point.lng() +
           '"/>';
        // 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);
        });
        gmarkers[i] = marker;
        htmls[i] = html;
        i++;
        return marker;
    }

	// functions that open the directions forms
	function tohere(i) {
		gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(to_htmls[i]);
	}
	function fromhere(i) {
		gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(from_htmls[i]);
	}

    function initialize(address,nice_address) {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
      	
        
      	geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();
		geocoder.getLatLng(
			address,
			function(point) {
				if (!point) {
					//do nothing
				} else {
					map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
					map.setCenter(point, 11);
        			map.setUIToDefault();
				  	var marker = createMarker(point, nice_address);
				 	map.addOverlay(marker);
				}
			}
        );       
      }
    }