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 = [];

		document.getElementById("path").style.display = "none";
		document.getElementById("directions-map").style.width = "748px";

      // 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 + '<br>Richting: <b>naar Franssen Franken BV</b> - <a href="javascript:fromhere(' + i + ')">vanaf Franssen Franken BV</a>' +
           '<br>Startpunt:<form action="javascript:getDirections()">' +
           '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="saddr" id="saddr" value="" /><br>' +
           '<INPUT value="Maak routebeschrijving" 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>Richting: <a href="javascript:tohere(' + i + ')">naar Franssen Franken BV</a> - <b>vanaf Franssen Franken BV</b>' +
           '<br>Eindpunt:<form action="javascript:getDirections()">' +
           '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="daddr" id="daddr" value="" /><br>' +
           '<INPUT value="Maak routebeschrijving" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
           '<input type="hidden" id="saddr" value="'+name+"@"+ point.lat() + ',' + point.lng() +
           '"/>';
		   
        // The inactive version of the direction info
        html = html + '<br>Route: <a href="javascript:tohere('+i+')">naar Franssen Franken BV</a> - <a href="javascript:fromhere('+i+')">vanaf Franssen Franken BV</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 += '<ul class="SubNavLinks"><li>&raquo;&nbsp;<a href="javascript:myclick(' + i + ')">' + 'Plan uw route' + '</a></li></ul><br>';
        i++;
		
        return marker;

      }

      // ===== request the directions =====
      function getDirections() {
		  
        var saddr = document.getElementById("saddr").value;
        var daddr = document.getElementById("daddr").value;
		
		
        gdir.load("from: " + saddr + " to: " + daddr);


		document.getElementById("path").style.display = "block";
		
		document.getElementById("directions-map").style.width = "480px";

      }


      // 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("directions-map"));
	  
      map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
      map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
	  
	  
	  
      map.setCenter(new GLatLng(50.88051021557967,5.8673858642578125), 11);

      // === create a GDirections Object ===
      var gdir = new GDirections(map, document.getElementById("path"));

      // === 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]    = "Adres onbekend: u heeft geen adres ingevoerd.";
      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]        = "Uw verzoek kon niet verwerkt worden. Onze excuses voor het eventuele ongemak.";
      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(reason);
		
      });






      // Read the data from example.xml
      var request = GXmlHttp.create();
	  
      request.open("GET", baseURL + "includes/geo_franssenfranken.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 attributes 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);

          }
		  
		  /* open info window
		  gmarkers[0].openInfoWindowHtml(htmls[0]);
		  gmarkers[1].openInfoWindowHtml(htmls[1]);
		  */
		  
          // 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, uw browser is verouderd en ondersteunt geen Google Maps");
	  
    }