var map = null;
    var geocoder = null;

    function initGoogleMap(id) {
      map = new GMap2(document.getElementById(id));
      map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
      map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
      map.setCenter(new GLatLng(34, 0), 1);    
      geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();      
    }

    // addAddressToMap() is called when the geocoder returns an
    // answer.  It adds a marker to the map with an open info window
    // showing the nicely formatted version of the address and the country code.
    function addAddressToMap(response) {
      map.clearOverlays();
      if (!response || response.Status.code != 200) {
        alert("Sorry, we were unable to geocode that address");
      } else {
        place = response.Placemark[0];
        point = new GLatLng(place.Point.coordinates[1],
                            place.Point.coordinates[0]);
        marker = new GMarker(point);
        map.addOverlay(marker);
        /*marker.openInfoWindowHtml(place.address + '<br>' +
          '<b>Country code:</b> ' + place.AddressDetails.Country.CountryNameCode);*/
        map.setCenter(point, 15);
      }
    }

    function findLocation(address) {  
      geocoder.getLocations(address, addAddressToMap);
    }