//<![CDATA[
    
    if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
    
      var baseIcon = new GIcon();
          baseIcon.iconSize=new GSize(32,32);
          baseIcon.shadowSize=new GSize(56,32);
          baseIcon.iconAnchor=new GPoint(16,32);
          baseIcon.infoWindowAnchor=new GPoint(16,0);
          
      var Office = new GIcon(baseIcon, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal3/icon21.png", null, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal3/icon21s.png");
      var plane   = new GIcon(baseIcon, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal2/icon56.png", null, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal2/icon56s.png");
      var pushpin = new GIcon(baseIcon, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal5/icon14.png", null, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal5/icon14s.png");
    
     

      function createMarker(point,html,icon) {
        var marker = new GMarker(point,icon);
        GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
          marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
        });
        return marker;
      }

      // Display the map, with some controls and set the initial location 
      var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("googlemap"));
      map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
      map.setCenter(new GLatLng(53.37877,-2.12963),15);
    
      // Set up three markers with info windows 
    
      var point = new GLatLng(53.37877,-2.12963);
      var marker = createMarker(point,'<div style="width:240px">Alpha<br/>Tel: 0870 14 32 999</div>', Office)
      map.addOverlay(marker);

      

    }
    
    // display a warning if the browser was not compatible
    else {
      alert("Sorry, the Google Maps API is not compatible with this browser");
    }

    //]]>