function initialize() {
    if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {

        // this variable will collect the html which will eventualkly be placed in the side_bar
        var side_bar_html = "";
    
        // arrays to hold copies of the markers and html used by the side_bar
        // because the function closure trick doesnt work there
        var gmarkers = [];

        // A function to create the marker and set up the event window
        function createMarker(point,name,html) {
            // use a custom icon with letter A - Z
            var letter = String.fromCharCode("A".charCodeAt(0) + (gmarkers.length));
            var myIcon = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON, "http://www.google.com/mapfiles/marker" + letter + ".png");
            myIcon.printImage = "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker"+letter+"ie.gif"
            myIcon.mozPrintImage = "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker"+letter+"ff.gif"

            var marker = new GMarker(point, {icon:myIcon});
            GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
                marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
            });
            // save the info we need to use later for the side_bar
            gmarkers.push(marker)
            // add a line to the side_bar html
            side_bar_html += '<b>'+letter+'<\/b> <a href="javascript:myclick(' + (gmarkers.length-1) + ')">' + name + '<\/a><br>';
            return marker;
        }

        // This function picks up the click and opens the corresponding info window
        function myclick(i) {
            GEvent.trigger(gmarkers[i], "click");
        }

        // create the map
        var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
        map.setMapType(G_PHYSICAL_MAP);
        map.setCenter(new GLatLng(50.998, 0.5), 11);
        map.setUIToDefault();

	}
	  
	{
      
	var encodedPolyline = new GPolyline.fromEncoded({
    color: "#ff0000",
    weight: 5,
    opacity: 0.8,
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    zoomFactor: 2,
    numLevels: 18
    });

	map.addOverlay(encodedPolyline);
      
	}

}