GMaps.baseIcon = new GIcon();
GMaps.baseIcon.shadow = "http://www.google.com/mapfiles/shadow50.png";
GMaps.baseIcon.iconSize = new GSize(20, 34);
GMaps.baseIcon.shadowSize = new GSize(37, 34);
GMaps.baseIcon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(9, 34);
GMaps.baseIcon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(9, 2);
GMaps.baseIcon.infoShadowAnchor = new GPoint(18, 25);

GMaps.plots = new Array;

function createMarker(point, index) {
  // Create a lettered icon for this point using our icon class
  var letter = String.fromCharCode("A".charCodeAt(0) + index);
  var letteredIcon = new GIcon(GMaps.baseIcon);
  letteredIcon.image = "http://www.google.com/mapfiles/marker" + letter + ".png";

  // Set up our GMarkerOptions object
  markerOptions = { icon:letteredIcon };
  var marker = new GMarker(point, markerOptions);

  GEvent.addListener(marker, "mouseover", function() {
    marker.openInfoWindowHtml("<b><a href=\""+point.link+"\">" + point.title + "</b><br><br>"+point.image+"</a><br><br>"+point.short);
  });
  return marker;
}

GMaps.initialize = function() {
	
	
	var map = new google.maps.Map2(document.getElementById(GMaps.divElementId));
	
	GMaps.doPlots(map);
	
	//alert(GMaps.bounds + '\n' + GMaps.bounds.getCenter());
	map.setCenter(GMaps.bounds.getCenter(), map.getBoundsZoomLevel(GMaps.bounds));
	
	//map.setCenter(new GLatLng(40.699422,-73.704452),5);
	var bounds = map.getBounds();
	var southWest = bounds.getSouthWest();
	var northEast = bounds.getNorthEast();
	var lngSpan = northEast.lng() - southWest.lng();
	var latSpan = northEast.lat() - southWest.lat();
	for (var i = 0; i < GMaps.plots.length; i++) {
  	
		map.addOverlay(createMarker(GMaps.plots[i], i));
	}
	
}

google.setOnLoadCallback(GMaps.initialize);