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	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 + '<span class="fliestext"><br>Route berechnen: <b>Hierher</b> - <a href="javascript:fromhere(' + i + ')">Von hier</a>' +
	        // '<br>Start Adresse:<form action="javascript:getDirections()">' +
		   '<br>Start Adresse:<form target="_blank" method="get" action="http://maps.google.com/maps">' +
		   '<input type="hidden" value="Kaiserstrasse 217, 76133 Karlsruhe" name="daddr"/>' + 
		   '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="saddr" id="saddr" value="" /><br>' +
		   '<INPUT value="Route berechnen" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
		   '<input type="hidden" id="daddr" value="'+name+"@"+ point.lat() + ',' + point.lng() + 
		   '"/>';
		// The info window version with the "to here" form open
		from_htmls[i] = html + '<br>Route berechnen: <a href="javascript:tohere(' + i + ')">Hierher</a> - <b>Von hier</b>' +
		// '<br>Ziel Adresse:<form action="javascript:getDirections()">' +
		   '<br>Ziel Adresse:<form target="_blank" method="get" action="http://maps.google.com/maps">' +
		   '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="daddr" id="daddr" value="" /><br>' +
		   '<input type="hidden" value="Kaiserstrasse 217, 76133 Karlsruhe" name="saddr"/>' + 
		   '<INPUT value="Route berechnen" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
		   '<input type="hidden" id="saddr" value="'+name+"@"+ point.lat() + ',' + point.lng() +
		   '"/>';
		// The inactive version of the direction info
		html = html + '<br>Route berechnen: <a href="javascript:tohere('+i+')">Hierher</a> - <a href="javascript:fromhere('+i+')">Von hier</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() {
	  	
	  	// Bereich links von der Karte leerräumen (Anfahrtsberschreibung - hier kommt die Routenbesch. rein
	  	document.getElementById("directions").innerHTML = "";
	  
		var saddr = document.getElementById("saddr").value
		var daddr = document.getElementById("daddr").value
		gdir.load("from: "+saddr+" to: "+daddr);
	  }
	
	
	  // 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(49.00953111443392, 8.394249379634857), 12);
	  
	  // === 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", "jscript/postgalerie.xml", true);
	  request.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if (request.readyState == 4) {
		  var xmlDoc = request.responseXML;
		  // 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("side_bar").innerHTML = side_bar_html;
		}
	  }
	  request.send(null);
	}
	
	else {
	  alert("Sorry, the Google Maps API is not compatible with this browser");
	}
    //]]>