function createMarker(point,name,html) {
        var marker = new GMarker(point);

        to_htmls[i] = html + '<br>Directions: <b>To here</b> - <a href="javascript:fromhere(' + i + ')">From here</a>' +
           '<br>Start address:<form action="http://maps.google.com/maps" method="get" target="_blank">' +
           '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="saddr" id="saddr" value="" /><br>' +
           '<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
           '<input type="hidden" name="daddr" value="' +
           point.y + ',' + point.x + "(" + name + ")" + '"/>';
        from_htmls[i] = html + '<br>Directions: <a href="javascript:tohere(' + i + ')">To here</a> - <b>From here</b>' +
           '<br>End address:<form action="http://maps.google.com/maps" method="get"" target="_blank">' +
           '<input type="text" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=40 name="daddr" id="daddr" value="" /><br>' +
           '<INPUT value="Get Directions" TYPE="SUBMIT">' +
           '<input type="hidden" name="saddr" value="' +
           point.y + ',' + point.x + "(" + name + ")" + '"/>';
        html = html + '<br>Directions: <a href="javascript:tohere('+i+')">To here</a> - <a href="javascript:fromhere('+i+')">From here</a>';

        GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
          marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
        });
        gmarkers[i] = marker;
        htmls[i] = html;
        // add a line to the sidebar html
        sidebar_html += '<a href="javascript:myclick(' + i + ')">' + name + '</a><br>';
        i++;
        return marker;
      }

      function myclick(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(htmls[i]);
      }
      function tohere(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(to_htmls[i] );
      }

      function fromhere(i) {
        gmarkers[i].openInfoWindowHtml(from_htmls[i] );
      }

      var map = new GMap(document.getElementById("map"));
      GEvent.addListener(map, "moveend", function() {
  		var center = map.getCenterLatLng();
 	 	var latLngStr = '(' + center.y + ', ' + center.x + ')';
// 	 	document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = latLngStr;
	  });