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 = [];



// A function to create the marker and set up the event window
function createMarker(point,name,html) {
var marker = new GMarker(point);

// The info window version with the "to here" form open
to_htmls[i] = html + '<div class="mapbubble"><br>Directions: <b>To here</b> - <a href="javascript:fromhere(' + i + ')">From here</a>' +
	'<br>Start address:<form action="javascript:getDirections()">' +
			'<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="saddr" id="saddr" value="" /><br>' +
				'<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT"><br>' +
						'Walk <input type="checkbox" name="walk" id="walk" /> &nbsp; Avoid Highways <input type="checkbox" name="highways" id="highways" />' +
						'<input type="hidden" id="daddr" value="'+name+"@"+ point.lat() + ',' + point.lng() + 
							'"/></div>';
						// The info window version with the "from here" form open
						from_htmls[i] = html + '<div class="mapbubble"><br>Directions: <a href="javascript:tohere(' + i + ')">To here</a> - <b>From here</b>' +
							'<br>End address:<form action="javascript:getDirections()">' +
									'<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="daddr" id="daddr" value="" /><br>' +
										'<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT"><br>' +
										'Walk <input type="checkbox" name="walk" id="walk" /> &nbsp; Avoid Highways <input type="checkbox" name="highways" id="highways" />' +
										'<input type="hidden" id="saddr" value="'+name+"@"+ point.lat() + ',' + point.lng() +
										'"/></div>';
										// 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;
										}
										
										// ===== request the directions =====
										function getDirections() {
										// ==== Set up the walk and avoid highways options ====
										var opts = {};
										if (document.getElementById("walk").checked) {
										opts.travelMode = G_TRAVEL_MODE_WALKING;
										}
										if (document.getElementById("highways").checked) {
										opts.avoidHighways = true;
										}
										// ==== set the start and end locations ====
										var saddr = document.getElementById("saddr").value
										var daddr = document.getElementById("daddr").value
										gdir.load("from: "+saddr+" to: "+daddr, opts);
										}
										
										
										// This function picks up the click and opens the corresponding info window
										function myclick(i) {
										gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(htmls[i]);
										}
										
										// functions that open the directions forms
										function tohere(i) {
										gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(to_htmls[i]);
										}
										function fromhere(i) {
										gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(from_htmls[i]);
										}
										
										
										// create the map
										var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
										map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
										map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
									
										map.setCenter(new GLatLng(52.457003 , -2.147398), 15);
										// === create a GDirections Object ===
										var gdir=new GDirections(map, document.getElementById("directions"));
										
										// === Array for decoding the failure codes ===
										var reasons=[];
										reasons[G_GEO_SUCCESS]            = "Success";
										reasons[G_GEO_MISSING_ADDRESS]    = "Missing Address: The address was either missing or had no value.";
										reasons[G_GEO_UNKNOWN_ADDRESS]    = "Unknown Address:  No corresponding geographic location could be found for the specified address.";
										reasons[G_GEO_UNAVAILABLE_ADDRESS]= "Unavailable Address:  The geocode for the given address cannot be returned due to legal or contractual reasons.";
										reasons[G_GEO_BAD_KEY]            = "Bad Key: The API key is either invalid or does not match the domain for which it was given";
										reasons[G_GEO_TOO_MANY_QUERIES]   = "Too Many Queries: The daily geocoding quota for this site has been exceeded.";
										reasons[G_GEO_SERVER_ERROR]       = "Server error: The geocoding request could not be successfully processed.";
										reasons[G_GEO_BAD_REQUEST]        = "A directions request could not be successfully parsed.";
										reasons[G_GEO_MISSING_QUERY]      = "No query was specified in the input.";
										reasons[G_GEO_UNKNOWN_DIRECTIONS] = "The GDirections object could not compute directions between the points.";
										
										// === catch Directions errors ===
										GEvent.addListener(gdir, "error", function() {
										var code = gdir.getStatus().code;
										var reason="Code "+code;
										if (reasons[code]) {
										reason = reasons[code]
										} 
										
										alert("Failed to obtain directions, "+reason);
										});
										
										
										
										// Read the data from example.xml
										var request = GXmlHttp.create();
										request.open("GET", "http://www.stourbridgemotorcompany.co.uk/js/local.xml", 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);
										}
										// put the assembled side_bar_html contents into the side_bar div
										document.getElementById("directions").innerHTML = side_bar_html;
										}
										}
										request.send(null);
										}
										
										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://econym.googlepages.com/index.htm
										
    //]]>