var map;
var latlngs = new Array();
var messages = new Array();

function initialize() {	
	function createMarker(point,message) {
        var marker = new GMarker(point);
 	    GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
            marker.openInfoWindowHtml("<div style=\"width:125px; font-size:0.9em;\"><p>"+ message + "</div>");
			});
		return marker;
        }

	if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
		var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
		map.setCenter(new GLatLng(maplat, maplong), mapzoom, G_HYBRID_MAP);
		map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
		map.enableScrollWheelZoom();
		map.addMapType(G_PHYSICAL_MAP);
		GDownloadUrl(blobfile, function(data) {
				var xml = GXml.parse(data);
				var markers = xml.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("marker");
				for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
					//get the latitude and the longitude
					latlngs[i] = new GLatLng(parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute("lat")),
                                    parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute("lng")));
					messages[i] = (markers[i].getAttribute("message"));
					//get the message and the author and named position
					//messages[i] = (markers[i].getAttribute("message"));
					var currentlatlng = latlngs[i]
					var message = 'message here';
			//		if (markers[i].getAttribute("lat")>1) {
					map.addOverlay(createMarker(latlngs[i],messages[i]));
			//		}
				}
			});
		var flickr = new GGeoXml(flickrfeed);
		map.addOverlay(flickr);
		}
	}