function showAddress() {
   address= document.getElementById("search_place").value;
   //alert (address);
      if (geocoder) {
	//  alert ('geocoder');
        geocoder.getLatLng(
          address,
          function(point) {
            if (!point) {
              alert(address + " not found");
            } else {
              map.setCenter(point, 13);
              var marker = new GMarker(point);
              map.addOverlay(marker);
              marker.openInfoWindowHtml(address);
            }
          }
        );
      }
    }
	

function addMarkerSingle (){

      var letter = String.fromCharCode("A".charCodeAt(0) + place.length-1);
      var letteredIcon = new GIcon(baseIcon);
      letteredIcon.image = "http://www.google.com/mapfiles/marker" + letter + ".png";

      markerOptions = { icon:letteredIcon };
      marker[place_index]  = new GMarker(latlng1, markerOptions);

	 var marker1 = marker[place_index];
 
 var html="HTML" + letter;
     //   var marker1 = new GMarker(latlng1);
        GEvent.addListener(marker1, "click", function() {
          marker1.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
        });
     

	return marker1;
}