function initialize() {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
        var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"))
        map.setCenter(new GLatLng(1.285, 32.442), 7);
  map.setMapType(G_NORMAL_MAP);
        map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
        map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
  var marker = new GMarker(new GLatLng(0.4415,33.201));
  map.addOverlay(marker);
  var marker3 = new GMarker(new GLatLng(0.6125,34.217));
  map.addOverlay(marker3);
  var marker4 = new GMarker(new GLatLng(1.684,33.635));
  map.addOverlay(marker4);
  var marker5 = new GMarker(new GLatLng(2.58,32.356));
  map.addOverlay(marker5);
  var marker6 = new GMarker(new GLatLng(0.598,30.66));
  map.addOverlay(marker6);
  var marker7 = new GMarker(new GLatLng(-0.00309,30.00023));
  map.addOverlay(marker7);
  var marker2 = new GMarker(new GLatLng(0.042529,32.45876));
  map.addOverlay(marker2);
  var html="<img src='me.jpg'" +
         "width='77' height='51'/><br />" +
         "Starting point";
  marker2.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
      }
    }