_mPreferMetric=true;   //to make size sure for IE too

/**
 * Map
 */
map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("gmap"), {size:new GSize(775,700)});
map.setCenter(new GLatLng( 0,0), 13);
map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
map.addControl(new GScaleControl());
map.enableScrollWheelZoom();
document.getElementById("api-v").innerHTML = '2.'+G_API_VERSION;

/**
 * This function triggers the downloading and parsing of a selected text file
 * marker, sidebar and infowindow data is extracted from the file
 */


var myBar = new SideBar(document.getElementById("sidebar"));

function ajaxLoad(textFile,opt_options){
  var opts = opt_options||{};
  opts.sidebar = myBar;
  var process = function(material){
    var entries = material.parseCsv(material, opts);
    map.populate(entries, opts);
  }
  GDownloadUrl(textFile, process);
}