    function initialize() {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
        var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"))
        map.setCenter(new GLatLng(17, -10), 2);
        map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
        //map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
		
		//for future use
		//var polyOptions = {geodesic:false};
		//var polyline = new GPolyline([  new GLatLng(40.65642, -73.7883),  new GLatLng(61.1699849, -149.944496)  ],
		//				"#ff0000", 3, 1, polyOptions);
		//map.addOverlay(polyline);
				
		var icon_red = new GIcon();
		icon_red.image = "http://milaska.com/images/icon_small.png";
		icon_red.iconSize = new GSize(12, 9);
		icon_red.iconAnchor = new GPoint(5, 5);
		icon_red.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(5, 1);
				
		var icon_photo = new GIcon();
		icon_photo.image = "http://milaska.com/images/icon_camera.png";
		icon_photo.iconSize = new GSize(24, 20);
		icon_photo.iconAnchor = new GPoint(6, 20);
		icon_photo.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(5, 1);

		var marker_fr = new GMarker(new GLatLng(46.2276380,2.2137490),{ icon:icon_photo }); //france
		show_info_window(marker_fr,
		'<a href="travel/france/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_PC260260.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/france/index.htm">France</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_fr);
		
		var marker_ye = new GMarker(new GLatLng(44.3762622,-110.6903826),{ icon:icon_photo }); //yellowstone national park
		show_info_window(marker_ye,
		'<a href="travel/yellowstone/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_P9190113.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/yellowstone/index.htm">Yellowstone National Park</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_ye);

		var marker_al = new GMarker(new GLatLng(61.216583,-149.899597),{ icon:icon_photo }); //alaska
		show_info_window(marker_al,
		'<a href="travel/alaska/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_P8260052.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/alaska/index.htm">ALASKA</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_al);
		
		var marker_gl = new GMarker(new GLatLng(48.5275680,-113.9940990),{ icon:icon_photo }); //glacier national park
		show_info_window(marker_gl,
		'<a href="travel/glacier/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_P8020256.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/glacier/index.htm">Glacier National Park</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_gl);
		
		var marker_jp = new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.2048240,138.2529240),{ icon:icon_photo }); //japan
		show_info_window(marker_jp,
		'<a href="travel/japan/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_P6010096.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/japan/index.htm">JAPAN</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_jp);
		
		var marker_sc = new GMarker(new GLatLng(61,14),{ icon:icon_photo }); //scandinavia
		show_info_window(marker_sc,
		'<a href="travel/scandinavia/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_P6050022.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/scandinavia/index.htm">Scandinavia</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_sc);		
					
		var marker_ki = new GMarker(new GLatLng(50.453629,30.503828),{ icon:icon_photo }); //kiev
		show_info_window(marker_ki,
		'<a href="travel/kiev/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_P4280182.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/kiev/index.htm">Kiev</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_ki);	
		
		var marker_pe = new GMarker(new GLatLng(-10.5,-77),{ icon:icon_photo }); //peru
		show_info_window(marker_pe,
		'<a href="travel/peru/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_IMG_1202.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/peru/index.htm">PERU</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_pe);
		
		var marker_ac = new GMarker(new GLatLng(-37,-68),{ icon:icon_photo }); //south america
		show_info_window(marker_ac,
		'<a href="travel/southamerica/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_P1130501.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/southamerica/index.htm">SOUTH AMERICA</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_ac);

		var marker_gu = new GMarker(new GLatLng(17,-88),{ icon:icon_photo }); //guatemala
		show_info_window(marker_gu,
		'<a href="travel/guatemala/index.htm">'+
		'<img src="http://milaska.com/images/photo_P1210747.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="75" border="0"></a><br>'+
		'<a href="travel/guatemala/index.htm">GUATEMALA</a>');
		map.addOverlay(marker_gu);

		//var marker_pl = new GMarker(new GLatLng(52,21),{ icon:icon_red }); //poland
		//show_info_window(marker_pl,"POLAND");
		//map.addOverlay(marker_pl);
		
//candidates for photos	
		var marker_pa = new GMarker(new GLatLng(48.856667,2.350987),{ icon:icon_red }); //paris
		//show_info_window(marker_pa,"one day in paris");
		map.addOverlay(marker_pa);
	
		var marker_si = new GMarker(new GLatLng(40.839997,14.252871),{ icon:icon_red }); //south italy - naples
		//show_info_window(marker_si,"south italy");
		map.addOverlay(marker_si);
				
		var markerph06 = new GMarker(new GLatLng(24.561046,-81.77894),{ icon:icon_red }); //florida keys
		//show_info_window(markerph06,"Florida keys - coming soon");
		map.addOverlay(markerph06);
		
		var markerph07 = new GMarker(new GLatLng(44.3749970,-68.2599280),{ icon:icon_red }); //acadia national park
		//show_info_window(markerph07,"Acadia National Park - coming soon");
		map.addOverlay(markerph07);
		
		var markerph08 = new GMarker(new GLatLng(47.888151,-123.50084),{ icon:icon_red }); //olympic national park
		//show_info_window(markerph08,"Olympics National Park - coming soon");
		map.addOverlay(markerph08);

//HOMETOWN
		//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(42.138475,-87.878867),{ icon:icon_red })); //northbrook
		map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(41.879535,-87.624333),{ icon:icon_red })); //Chicago

	map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(32.7938,35.0282),{ icon:icon_red })); //Haifa
	map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(31.7857,35.2007),{ icon:icon_red })); //Jerusalem
	map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(32.0554,34.7595),{ icon:icon_red })); //Tel Aviv

//AFRIKA
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(30.0571,31.2272),{ icon:icon_red })); //Cairo

//CHINA
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(39.908173,116.397947),{ icon:icon_red })); //Beijing
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(29.554914,106.548425),{ icon:icon_red })); //Chongqing
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(25.012526,102.700013),{ icon:icon_red })); //Kunming
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(31.224353,121.475916),{ icon:icon_red })); //Shanghai
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(34.264878,108.94426),{ icon:icon_red })); //Xi\'an

//JAPAN		
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(34.406069,132.456865),{ icon:icon_red })); //Hiroshima
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(34.999624,135.753244),{ icon:icon_red })); //Kyoto
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.749889,139.610901),{ icon:icon_red })); //Nikko
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.149849,137.249603),{ icon:icon_red })); //Takayama
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.678451,139.682282),{ icon:icon_red })); //Tokyo

//SOVIET UNION
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(55.755786,37.617633),{ icon:icon_red })); //Moscow

map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.2758,76.9292),{ icon:icon_red })); //Almaty
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(39.765869,64.422348),{ icon:icon_red })); //Buhara
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(41.305229,69.268967),{ icon:icon_red })); //Tashkent

map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(56.946538,24.10485),{ icon:icon_red })); //Riga
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(54.689461,25.279956),{ icon:icon_red })); //Vilnius
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(59.438862,24.754472),{ icon:icon_red })); //Tallinn
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(54.711595,20.509972),{ icon:icon_red })); //Kaliningrad

map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(56.329917,44.009192),{ icon:icon_red })); //Nizhniy Novgorod
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(59.939039,30.315785),{ icon:icon_red })); //St. Petersburg
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(56.127701,40.407559),{ icon:icon_red })); //Vladimir
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.6115989,39.7224886),{ icon:icon_red })); //Sochi
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(41.651741,41.656189),{ icon:icon_red })); //Batumi
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(49.854614,23.987904),{ icon:icon_red })); //Lviv
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(46.47519,30.732928),{ icon:icon_red })); //Odessa
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(46.95649,37.271839),{ icon:icon_red })); //Yalta

//EUROPE - 1st
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(50.087811,14.42046),{ icon:icon_red })); //Prague
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(52.52348,13.411494),{ icon:icon_red })); //Berlin
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.216645,27.911806),{ icon:icon_red })); //Varna

//EUROPE - 2nd
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(50.837051,4.367612),{ icon:icon_red })); //Brussels
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(51.500152,-0.126236),{ icon:icon_red })); //London
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(46.947999,7.448148),{ icon:icon_red })); //Bern
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(46.685483,7.855902),{ icon:icon_red })); //Interlaken
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(47.045656,8.308236),{ icon:icon_red })); //Lucerne
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(47.369024,8.538033),{ icon:icon_red })); //Zurich
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(52.373812,4.890951),{ icon:icon_red })); //Amsterdam

map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.283101,25.129625),{ icon:icon_red })); //Heraklion

//EUROPE - SPAIN
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(42.340875,-3.699731),{ icon:icon_red })); //Burgos
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(37.884727,-4.779152),{ icon:icon_red })); //Cordoba
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(42.599876,-5.571752),{ icon:icon_red })); //Leon
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(40.416741,-3.70325),{ icon:icon_red })); //Madrid
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.719674,-4.420036),{ icon:icon_red })); //Malaga
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(40.964972,-5.663047),{ icon:icon_red })); //Salamanca
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(40.949427,-4.119209),{ icon:icon_red })); //Segovia
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(37.38264,-5.996295),{ icon:icon_red })); //Seville
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(39.5694701,2.6500168),{ icon:icon_red })); //Palma de Majorca
//newly added
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(41.3879170,2.1699187),{ icon:icon_red })); //Barcelona
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(42.1821095,2.4881890),{ icon:icon_red })); //Olot
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(42.4814784,-1.6516415),{ icon:icon_red })); //Olite

//EUROPE - GERMANY
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(50.940664,6.959912),{ icon:icon_red })); //Cologne
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(51.225009,6.775631),{ icon:icon_red })); //Dusseldorf
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(50.111512,8.680506),{ icon:icon_red })); //Frankfurt
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(49.610004,6.129596),{ icon:icon_red })); //Luxembourg City

//EUROPE - ITALY
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(45.463671,9.188126),{ icon:icon_red })); //Milan
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.768732,11.256901),{ icon:icon_red })); //Florence
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.843014,10.507994),{ icon:icon_red })); //Lucca
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.716135,10.396602),{ icon:icon_red })); //Pisa
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(40.62987,14.486278),{ icon:icon_red })); //Positano
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(45.434336,12.338784),{ icon:icon_red })); //Venice
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(45.442006,10.995485),{ icon:icon_red })); //Verona

map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(41.895466,12.482324),{ icon:icon_red })); //Rome

//EUROPE - FRANCE
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.298344,5.383221),{ icon:icon_red })); //Marseille
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.703406,7.266202),{ icon:icon_red })); //Nice
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.270183,6.640985),{ icon:icon_red })); //St-Tropez
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.740439,7.425577),{ icon:icon_red })); //Monte-Carlo

//EUROPE - SCANDINAVIA
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(60.602323,15.632576),{ icon:icon_red })); //Falun
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(57.696981,11.986383),{ icon:icon_red })); //Gothenburg
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(61.006552,14.537554),{ icon:icon_red })); //Mora
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(59.332788,18.064488),{ icon:icon_red })); //Stockholm
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(59.858144,17.644586),{ icon:icon_red })); //Uppsala
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(55.676294,12.568116),{ icon:icon_red })); //Copenhagen
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(55.396242,10.390636),{ icon:icon_red })); //Odense
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(60.388072,5.331851),{ icon:icon_red })); //Bergen
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(59.91382,10.738741),{ icon:icon_red })); //Oslo
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(68.235709,14.566953),{ icon:icon_red })); //Svolvaer
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(63.43463,10.398455),{ icon:icon_red })); //Trondheim
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(60.630822,6.415132),{ icon:icon_red })); //Voss

//EUROPE - POLAND - newly added
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(50.0646501,19.9449799),{ icon:icon_red })); //Cracow
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(52.2296756,21.0122287),{ icon:icon_red })); //Warsaw
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(54.3520252,18.6466384),{ icon:icon_red })); //Gdansk

//CANADA
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(51.055149,-114.062438),{ icon:icon_red })); //Calgary
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(45.423494,-75.697933),{ icon:icon_red })); //Ottawa
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.670233,-79.386755),{ icon:icon_red })); //Toronto
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(42.314111,-83.036825),{ icon:icon_red })); //Windsor
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(45.545447,-73.639076),{ icon:icon_red })); //Montreal
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(46.812754,-71.215223),{ icon:icon_red })); //Quebec City

//USA - Alaska
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(61.216583,-149.899597),{ icon:icon_red })); //Anchorage
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(64.835054,-147.646528),{ icon:icon_red })); //Fairbanks
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(66.897504,-162.581455),{ icon:icon_red })); //Kotzebue
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(60.100987,-149.440438),{ icon:icon_red })); //Seward
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(61.082688,-146.305697),{ icon:icon_red })); //Valdez

//USA - National Parks
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.461829,-116.866412),{ icon:icon_red })); //Death Valley National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(46.9164,-103.5261),{ icon:icon_red })); //Theodore Roosvelt National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.702093,-102.571881),{ icon:icon_red })); //Badlands National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(29.327733,-103.205872),{ icon:icon_red })); //Big Bend National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(32.779634,-106.172423),{ icon:icon_red })); //White Sands National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.641389,-83.58208),{ icon:icon_red })); //Rocky Mountains National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(37.19989,-112.983348),{ icon:icon_red })); //Zion National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.065082,-112.10261),{ icon:icon_red })); //Grand Canyon National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(34.5149650,-93.0535357),{ icon:icon_red })); //Hot Spring National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(47.911937,-89.156695),{ icon:icon_red })); //Isle Royale National Park
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(38.517735,-78.43693),{ icon:icon_red })); //Shenandoah National Park
//newly added
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(38.7330810,-109.5925139),{ icon:icon_red })); //Arches National Park

//USA
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(34.052187,-118.243425),{ icon:icon_red })); //Los Angeles
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(37.775196,-122.419204),{ icon:icon_red })); //San Francisco
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.59378,-121.882465),{ icon:icon_red })); //Monterrey
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(39.099924,-120.028738),{ icon:icon_red })); //Lake Tahoe
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(32.718834,-117.163841),{ icon:icon_red })); //San Diego
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.233049,-115.242288),{ icon:icon_red })); //Las Vegas
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(40.756054,-73.986951),{ icon:icon_red })); //New York City
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(38.892091,-77.024055),{ icon:icon_red })); //Washington DC
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(38.881579,-77.103339),{ icon:icon_red })); //Arlington
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(25.774252,-80.190262),{ icon:icon_red })); //Miami
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(33.754487,-84.389663),{ icon:icon_red })); //Atlanta
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(41.588822,-93.620309),{ icon:icon_red })); //Des Moines
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(39.767016,-86.156255),{ icon:icon_red })); //Indianapolis
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(29.953238,-90.069003),{ icon:icon_red })); //New Orleans
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(42.35892,-71.05781),{ icon:icon_red })); //Boston
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(44.387625,-68.204311),{ icon:icon_red })); //Bar Harbor
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.65467,-70.262434),{ icon:icon_red })); //Portland
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(38.627522,-90.19841),{ icon:icon_red })); //Saint Louis
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(47.46877,-87.89283),{ icon:icon_red })); //Copper Harbor
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(42.330165,-83.045913),{ icon:icon_red })); //Detroit
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.331629,-83.738261),{ icon:icon_red })); //Frankenmuth
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(45.864183,-84.629584),{ icon:icon_red })); //Mackinac Island
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(47.482959,-94.879704),{ icon:icon_red })); //Bemidji
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(46.779135,-92.108243),{ icon:icon_red })); //Duluth
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(47.64693,-90.674834),{ icon:icon_red })); //Lutsen
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(44.977482,-93.264351),{ icon:icon_red })); //Minneapolis
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(44.662472,-111.106377),{ icon:icon_red })); //West Yellowstone
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(48.496239,-113.978569),{ icon:icon_red })); //West Glacier
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(48.442122,-114.347268),{ icon:icon_red })); //Whitefish
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(46.875,-96.798263),{ icon:icon_red })); //Fargo
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(44.482008,-103.844079),{ icon:icon_red })); //Spearfish
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(41.259751,-95.942336),{ icon:icon_red })); //Omaha
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(41.499713,-81.693716),{ icon:icon_red })); //Cleveland
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(39.951639,-75.163808),{ icon:icon_red })); //Philadelphia
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(33.696649,-78.894173),{ icon:icon_red })); //Myrtle Beach
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.063642,-85.254824),{ icon:icon_red })); //Chattanooga
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.723876,-83.493924),{ icon:icon_red })); //Gatlinburg
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.158887,-86.782056),{ icon:icon_red })); //Nashville
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(30.268735,-97.745209),{ icon:icon_red })); //Austin
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(32.781078,-96.797111),{ icon:icon_red })); //Dallas
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(29.425037,-98.493722),{ icon:icon_red })); //San Antonio
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(37.540778,-77.433928),{ icon:icon_red })); //Richmond
//map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(37.270697,-76.70741),{ icon:icon_red })); //Williamsburg
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.949246,-75.621645),{ icon:icon_red })); //Nags Head
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(43.479618,-110.762347),{ icon:icon_red })); //Jackson
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(32.881146,-105.960224),{ icon:icon_red })); //Alamogordo
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.080371,-106.627085),{ icon:icon_red })); //Albuquerque
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.890913,-106.284391),{ icon:icon_red })); //Los Alamos
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.681622,-105.938067),{ icon:icon_red })); //Santa Fe
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(39.498185,-106.046225),{ icon:icon_red })); //Breckridge
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(39.755092,-104.988123),{ icon:icon_red })); //Denver
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(40.771592,-111.888189),{ icon:icon_red })); //Salt Lake City
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(33.448263,-112.073821),{ icon:icon_red })); //Phoenix
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(32.227832,-110.943784),{ icon:icon_red })); //Tucson
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(35.493138,-97.459141),{ icon:icon_red })); //Oklahoma City
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(36.133354,-95.975663),{ icon:icon_red })); //Tulsa

//LATIN AMERICA
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(18.273979,-78.353142),{ icon:icon_red })); //Negril

map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(19.42705,-99.127571),{ icon:icon_red })); //Mexico City

map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-16.397539,-71.522743),{ icon:icon_red })); //Arequipa
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-13.52021,-71.978663),{ icon:icon_red })); //Cusco
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-12.093084,-77.046491),{ icon:icon_red })); //Lima
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-13.162849,-72.515821),{ icon:icon_red })); //Machu Picchu
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-8.11237,-79.030022),{ icon:icon_red })); //Trujillo

map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-33.4253598,-70.5664659),{ icon:icon_red })); //Santiago
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-41.3233635,-72.9699709),{ icon:icon_red })); //Puerto Varas
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-33.0504619,-71.6164515),{ icon:icon_red })); //Vaparaiso
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-41.1492882,-71.3012695),{ icon:icon_red })); //Bariloche
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-34.6084175,-58.3731613),{ icon:icon_red })); //Buenos Aires
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-32.890183,-68.8440498),{ icon:icon_red })); //Mendoza
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(-34.4713889,-57.8441667),{ icon:icon_red })); //Colonia de Sacramento
//newly added
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(14.8361560,-91.5219590),{ icon:icon_red })); //Xela
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(14.5534050,-90.7352550),{ icon:icon_red })); //Antigua
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(new GLatLng(17.2167000,-89.6167000),{ icon:icon_red })); //Tikal

		}
    }
	
	function show_info_window(my_marker, text)
	{
		GEvent.addListener(my_marker, "click", function()
		{	
			my_marker.openInfoWindowHtml(text);
		});
	}
	
