var counter = 0;
var countTimer;
var newsObject;
var freezeframe = 0;
var i = 0;
var videoLoaded = 0;
var mapLoaded = 0;
var searchLoaded = 0;
var mapObj;
var zoomLarge;
var zoomSmall;
var mapTypeCtrl;
var mapView;
var zoomCtrl;
var geocoder;
var mapPoint;
var mapInfoWindow;
var marker;
var marker0;
var marker1;
var marker2;
var marker3;
var marker4;
var marker5;
var marker6;
var marker7;
var marker8;
var marker9;
var marker10;
var marker11;
var marker12;
var marker13;
var marker14;
var marker15;
var homepoint;
var homepointlng;
var homepointlat;
var point;
var icon;
var raddistance;
var addrfound = false;
var addressProcessed = 0;
var startfound = false;
var startProcessed = 0;
var evtpoint;
var initialZoom;
var eventArray = new Array();
var feereqd;
var startPoint;
var xCoord;
var yCoord;

feereqd = "n";
initialZoom = 12;

addressProcessed = 0;
raddistance = 1000;

var map = null;
var geocoder = null;

function loadGoogleMaps() {

    	if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {

		zoomLarge 	= new GLargeMapControl();
		zoomSmall 	= new GSmallMapControl();
		mapTypeCtrl 	= new GMapTypeControl();
		mapView 	= new GLatLng(53.409436, -2.25616); // set the default co-ordinate only for this location
		geocoder 	= new GClientGeocoder();
		// mapPoint 	= new GLatLng;
        mapObj 		= new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
		mapObj.setCenter(mapView, initialZoom,G_NORMAL_MAP);
		mapObj.addMapType(G_PHYSICAL_MAP);
		//GEvent.addListener(mapObj, "mousemove");
		mapObj.enableDoubleClickZoom();
		mapObj.enableContinuousZoom();
		mapObj.enableScrollWheelZoom()
		//mapObj.addControl(zoomLarge);
        //mapObj.addControl(mapTypeCtrl);
		//homepoint = new GLatLng(51.4612,-0.9259);
		//homepointlng = homepoint.lng();
		//homepointlat = homepoint.lat();	
		var blueIcon = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON);
blueIcon.image = "http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ms/micons/orange-dot.png";
// Set up our GMarkerOptions object
markerOptions = { icon:blueIcon };
var point = new GLatLng(53.409436, -2.25616);
mapObj.addOverlay(new GMarker(point));

      	}
}