var map;
    var gdir;
    var geocoder = null;
    var addressMarker;

    function initialize() {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {      
	  
	          // define the crosshair tile layer and its required functions
        var crossLayer = new GTileLayer(new GCopyrightCollection(""), 0, 15);
        crossLayer.getTileUrl =  function(tile, zoom) {
          return "./include/tile_crosshairs.png";
        }
        crossLayer.isPng = function() {return true;}

        // Create a new map type incorporating the tile layer
        var layerTerCross = [ G_PHYSICAL_MAP.getTileLayers()[0],
                              crossLayer ];
        var mtTerCross = new GMapType(layerTerCross,
                                      G_PHYSICAL_MAP.getProjection(), "Ter+");

	  
        map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
        gdir = new GDirections(map, document.getElementById("directions"));
        GEvent.addListener(gdir, "load", onGDirectionsLoad);
        GEvent.addListener(gdir, "error", handleErrors);

        setDirections("Glens Falls, NY", "500 Union Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY", "en_US");
		
		        map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl())

        var mapControl = new GHierarchicalMapTypeControl();
        
        // Set up map type menu relationships
        mapControl.clearRelationships();
        mapControl.addRelationship(G_SATELLITE_MAP, G_HYBRID_MAP, "Labels", false);
        mapControl.addRelationship(G_PHYSICAL_MAP, mtTerCross, "Crosshairs");
  
        // Add control after you've specified the relationships
        map.addControl(mapControl);
      }
    }
    
    function setDirections(fromAddress, toAddress, locale) {
      gdir.load("from: " + fromAddress + " to: " + toAddress,
                { "locale": locale });
    }

    function handleErrors(){
	   if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_GEO_UNKNOWN_ADDRESS)
	     alert("No corresponding geographic location could be found for one of the specified addresses. This may be due to the fact that the address is relatively new, or it may be incorrect.\nError code: " + gdir.getStatus().code);
	   else if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_GEO_SERVER_ERROR)
	     alert("A geocoding or directions request could not be successfully processed, yet the exact reason for the failure is not known.\n Error code: " + gdir.getStatus().code);
	   
	   else if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_GEO_MISSING_QUERY)
	     alert("The HTTP q parameter was either missing or had no value. For geocoder requests, this means that an empty address was specified as input. For directions requests, this means that no query was specified in the input.\n Error code: " + gdir.getStatus().code);

	//   else if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_UNAVAILABLE_ADDRESS)  <--- Doc bug... this is either not defined, or Doc is wrong
	//     alert("The geocode for the given address or the route for the given directions query cannot be returned due to legal or contractual reasons.\n Error code: " + gdir.getStatus().code);
	     
	   else if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_GEO_BAD_KEY)
	     alert("The given key is either invalid or does not match the domain for which it was given. \n Error code: " + gdir.getStatus().code);

	   else if (gdir.getStatus().code == G_GEO_BAD_REQUEST)
	     alert("A directions request could not be successfully parsed.\n Error code: " + gdir.getStatus().code);
	    
	   else alert("An unknown error occurred.");
	   
	}

	function onGDirectionsLoad(){ 
      // Use this function to access information about the latest load()
      // results.

      // e.g.
      // document.getElementById("getStatus").innerHTML = gdir.getStatus().code;
	  // and yada yada yada...
	}