    //<![CDATA[

    if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
      var side_bar_html = "";
      var gmarkers = [];
      var htmls = [];
      var i = 0;
	  var geocoder = null;

	function createMarker(point,name,html,icon) {
        var marker = new GMarker(point,icon);
        GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
          marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
        });
        gmarkers[i] = marker;
        htmls[i] = html;
        side_bar_html += '<li><a href="javascript:myclick(' + i + ')">' + name + '</a></li>';
        i++;
        return marker;
      }

      function myclick(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(htmls[i]);
      }

      var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
      map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
      map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
		map.setCenter(new GLatLng(40.664754,8.741684), 15);
		geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();

var baseIcon = new GIcon();
          baseIcon.iconSize=new GSize(32,32);
          baseIcon.shadowSize=new GSize(56,32);
          baseIcon.iconAnchor=new GPoint(16,32);
          baseIcon.infoWindowAnchor=new GPoint(16,0);
          
     var generale = new GIcon(baseIcon, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal3/icon43.png", null, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal3/icon43s.png");
     var chiesa = new GIcon(baseIcon, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal2/icon10.png", null, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal2/icon10s.png");
		
      function readMap(url) {
        var request = GXmlHttp.create();
        request.open("GET", url, 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");
            map.getInfoWindow().hide();
            map.clearOverlays();
            gmarkers = [];
            side_bar_html="";
          
            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");
              var icona = markers[i].getAttribute("icona");
              // create the marker
              var marker = createMarker(point,label,html,generale);
              map.addOverlay(marker);
            }
            document.getElementById("side_bar").innerHTML = "<ul>";
            document.getElementById("side_bar").innerHTML += side_bar_html;
            document.getElementById("side_bar").innerHTML += "</ul>";
          }
        }
        request.send(null);
      }
	  
	  readMap("mappa/stand.xml");
	  
function vaIndirizzo(via) {
var indirizzo = via+", 07017 PLOAGHE, italia";
  geocoder.getLatLng(
    indirizzo,
    function(point) {
      if (!point) {
        alert(via + " non trovato");
      } else {
		map.setCenter(point, 16);
        var marker = new GMarker(point);
        map.addOverlay(marker);
        marker.openInfoWindowHtml(via);
      }
    }
  );
}
}else {
	alert("Spiacente, ma il tuo browser non è compatibile.");
}
//]]>