map.setUIToDefault();
var myGeographicCoordinates = new GLatLng(myLatitude, myLongitude)

function initialize() {

	var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
	map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
	map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
	map.setCenter(new GLatLng(51.784591254899, -1.0778899087758), 15);

	// Create our "tiny" marker icon
	var tinyIcon = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON);
	tinyIcon.image = "http://www.abct.org.uk/media/icon_flag-small.png";
	tinyIcon.shadow = "http://www.abct.org.uk/media/icon_flag-smallshadow.png";
	tinyIcon.iconSize = new GSize(70, 70);
	tinyIcon.shadowSize = new GSize(70, 70);

	tinyIcon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(6, 20);
	tinyIcon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(5, 1);

	// Set up our GMarkerOptions object
	markerOptions = { icon:tinyIcon };

	// Add 10 markers to the map at random locations
	var bounds = map.getBounds();
	var southWest = bounds.getSouthWest();
	var northEast = bounds.getNorthEast();
	var lngSpan = northEast.lng() - southWest.lng();
	var latSpan = northEast.lat() - southWest.lat();

	var point = new GLatLng(southWest.lat() + (latSpan/2), southWest.lng() + (lngSpan/2));
	map.addOverlay(new GMarker(point, markerOptions));
	map.setMapType(G_SATELLITE_MAP);
}