var map;
    var geocoder;

    function initialize(city, stateabbr) {
      address = city + ' ' + stateabbr;
      map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
      map.setCenter(new GLatLng(34, 0), 1);
      geocoder = new GClientGeocoder();
        var mapControl = new GMapTypeControl();
        map.addControl(mapControl);
        map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
        geocoder.getLatLng(
                address,
                function(point) {
                        if (!point) {
                                alert(address + " not found");
                        } else {
                                map.setCenter(point, 13);
                                var marker = new GMarker(point);
                                map.addOverlay(marker);
                        }
                }
        );

    }

    // 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) {
        if (response.Status.code != 200) {
                alert('Sorry, We cannot map this address');
                //newAddress = response.name.substring(0,response.name.lastIndexOf(','));
                //showLocation(newAddress);

        } else {
                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('<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;width:100px">' + place.address + '</span><br/>');
      }
    }


    // showLocation() is called when you click on the Search button
    // in the form.  It geocodes the address entered into the form
    // and adds a marker to the map at that location.
    function showLocation(address) {
      geocoder.getLocations(address, addAddressToMap);
    }

   // findLocation() is used to enter the sample addresses into the form.
    function findLocation(address) {
      document.forms[0].q.value = address;
      showLocation();
    }