var gmarkers = [];
var htmls = [];
var to_htmls = [];
var from_htmls = [];
var i=0;
var baseIcon;





      // A function to create the marker and set up the event window
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      function createMarker(point,category,name,desc,link) {
        var customIcon = new GIcon(baseIcon);
        //alert(category);
        customIcon.image = "../img/"+category;
        
        markerOptions = {icon:customIcon};
        var marker = new GMarker(point,markerOptions);
	
		var html= "<div style='width: 300px;'><img src='../img/"+category+"' style='float: left;' alt='"+name+"' title='"+name+"' /><div style='width: 250px; float: right; margin-left: 10px;'><b>"+name+"</b><br />"+desc+"<br /><a href='"+link+"'>read more</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href='javascript:zoomIn("+point.lat() + "," + point.lng() + ");'>zoom in</a></div></div>";
		
		
		
		/*
        // The info window version with the "to here" form open
        to_htmls[i] = html + '<br>Directions: <b>To here</b> - <a href="javascript:fromhere(' + i + ')">From here</a>' +
           '<br>Start address:<form action="http://maps.google.com/maps" method="get" target="_blank">' +
           '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="saddr" id="saddr" value="" /><br>' +
           '<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
           '<input type="hidden" name="daddr" value="' + point.lat() + ',' + point.lng() + 
                  // "(" + name + ")" + 
           '"/>';
        // The info window version with the "to here" form open
        from_htmls[i] = html + '<br>Directions: <a href="javascript:tohere(' + i + ')">To here</a> - <b>From here</b>' +
           '<br>End address:<form action="http://maps.google.com/maps" method="get"" target="_blank">' +
           '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="daddr" id="daddr" value="" /><br>' +
           '<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
           '<input type="hidden" name="saddr" value="' + point.lat() + ',' + point.lng() +
                  // "(" + name + ")" + 
           '"/>';
        // The inactive version of the direction info
        html = html + '<br>Directions: <a href="javascript:tohere('+i+')">To here</a> - <a href="javascript:fromhere('+i+')">From here</a>';
		*/
        
        
        gmarkers[i] = marker;
        htmls[i] = html;
       
       GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
          marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
         });
         
        i++;
        return marker;
      }

      // functions that open the directions forms
      function tohere(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(to_htmls[i]);
      }
      function fromhere(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(from_htmls[i]);
      }