var countries_list = new Array(
							Array ("Afghanistan", "Afghanistan", "34.5166", "69.1833"),
							Array ("Akrotiri", "Akrotiri", "34.6666", "32.8500"),
							Array ("Albania", "Albania", "41.3166", "19.8166"),
							Array ("Algeria", "Algeria", "36.7500", "3.0500"),
							Array ("American Samoa", "American Samoa", "-14.2666", "-170.7000"),
							Array ("Andorra", "Andorra", "42.5000", "1.5166"),
							Array ("Angola", "Angola", "-8.8333", "13.2333"),
							Array ("Anguilla", "Anguilla", "18.2166", "-63.0500"),
							Array ("Antigua and Barbuda", "Antigua and Barbuda", "17.1166", "-61.8500"),
							Array ("Argentina", "Argentina", "-34.6000", "-58.6666"),
							Array ("Armenia", "Armenia", "40.1666", "44.5000"),
							Array ("Aruba", "Aruba", "12.5166", "-70.0333"),
							Array ("Australia", "Australia", "-35.2833", "149.2166"),
							Array ("Austria", "Austria", "48.2000", "16.3666"),
							Array ("Azerbaijan", "Azerbaijan", "40.3833", "49.8666"),
							Array ("Bahrain", "Bahrain", "26.2333", "50.5666"),
							Array ("Bangladesh", "Bangladesh", "23.7166", "90.4000"),
							Array ("Barbados", "Barbados", "13.1000", "-59.6166"),
							Array ("Belarus", "Belarus", "53.9000", "27.5666"),
							Array ("Belgium", "Belgium", "50.8333", "4.3333"),
							Array ("Belize", "Belize", "17.2500", "-88.7666"),
							Array ("Benin", "Benin", "6.4833", "2.6166"),
							Array ("Bermuda", "Bermuda", "32.2833", "-64.7833"),
							Array ("Bhutan", "Bhutan", "27.4833", "89.6000"),
							Array ("Bolivia", "Bolivia", "-16.5000", "-68.1500"),
							Array ("Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "43.8666", "18.4166"),
							Array ("Botswana", "Botswana", "-24.7500", "25.9166"),
							Array ("Brazil", "Brazil", "-15.7833", "-47.9166"),
							Array ("British Virgin Islands", "British Virgin Islands", "18.4500", "-64.6166"),
							Array ("Brunei", "Brunei", "4.8833", "114.9333"),
							Array ("Bulgaria", "Bulgaria", "42.6833", "23.3166"),
							Array ("Burkina Faso", "Burkina Faso", "12.3666", "-1.5166"),
							Array ("Burma", "Burma", "16.8000", "96.1500"),
							Array ("Burundi", "Burundi", "-3.3666", "29.3500"),
							Array ("Cambodia", "Cambodia", "11.5500", "104.9166"),
							Array ("Cameroon", "Cameroon", "3.8666", "11.5166"),
							Array ("Canada", "Canada", "45.4166", "-75.7000"),
							Array ("Cape Verde", "Cape Verde", "14.9166", "-23.5166"),
							Array ("Cayman Islands", "Cayman Islands", "19.3000", "-81.3833"),
							Array ("Central African Republic", "Central African Republic", "4.3666", "18.5833"),
							Array ("Chad", "Chad", "12.1000", "15.0333"),
							Array ("Chile", "Chile", "-33.4500", "-70.6666"),
							Array ("China", "China", "39.9166", "116.3833"),
							Array ("Christmas Island", "Christmas Island", "-10.4166", "105.7166"),
							Array ("Cocos (Keeling) Islands", "Cocos (Keeling) Islands", "-12.1666", "96.8333"),
							Array ("Colombia", "Colombia", "4.6000", "-74.0833"),
							Array ("Comoros", "Comoros", "-11.7000", "43.2333"),
							Array ("Cook Islands", "Cook Islands", "-21.2000", "-159.7666"),
							Array ("Costa Rica", "Costa Rica", "9.9333", "-84.0833"),
							Array ("Croatia", "Croatia", "45.8000", "16.0"),
							Array ("Cuba", "Cuba", "23.1166", "-82.3500"),
							Array ("Cyprus", "Cyprus", "35.1666", "33.3666"),
							Array ("Czech Republic", "Czech Republic", "50.0833", "14.4666"),
							Array ("Cote dIvoire", "Côte d'Ivoire", "6.8166", "-5.2833"),
							Array ("Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "-4.3166", "15.3000"),
							Array ("Denmark", "Denmark", "55.6666", "12.5833"),
							Array ("Dhekelia", "Dhekelia", "34.6666", "32.8500"),
							Array ("Djibouti", "Djibouti", "11.5833", "43.1500"),
							Array ("Dominica", "Dominica", "15.3000", "-61.4000"),
							Array ("Dominican Republic", "Dominican Republic", "18.4666", "-69.9000"),
							Array ("East Timor", "East Timor", "-8.5833", "125.6000"),
							Array ("Ecuador", "Ecuador", "-0.2166", "-78.5000"),
							Array ("Egypt", "Egypt", "30.0500", "31.2500"),
							Array ("El Salvador", "El Salvador", "13.7000", "-89.2000"),
							Array ("Equatorial Guinea", "Equatorial Guinea", "3.7500", "8.7833"),
							Array ("Eritrea", "Eritrea", "15.3333", "38.9333"),
							Array ("Estonia", "Estonia", "59.4333", "24.7166"),
							Array ("Ethiopia", "Ethiopia", "9.0333", "38.7000"),
							Array ("European Union", "European Union", "50.8333", "4.3333"),
							Array ("Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)", "Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)", "-51.7000", "-57.8500"),
							Array ("Faroe Islands", "Faroe Islands", "62.0166", "-6.7666"),
							Array ("Federated States of Micronesia", "Federated States of Micronesia", "6.9166", "158.1500"),
							Array ("Fiji", "Fiji", "-18.1333", "178.4166"),
							Array ("Finland", "Finland", "60.1666", "24.9333"),
							Array ("France", "France", "48.8666", "2.3333"),
							Array ("French Polynesia", "French Polynesia", "-17.5333", "-149.5666"),
							Array ("Gabon", "Gabon", "0.3833", "9.4500"),
							Array ("Georgia", "Georgia", "41.7166", "44.7833"),
							Array ("Germany", "Germany", "52.5166", "13.4000"),
							Array ("Ghana", "Ghana", "5.5500", "-0.2166"),
							Array ("Gibraltar", "Gibraltar", "36.1333", "-5.3500"),
							Array ("Greece", "Greece", "37.9833", "23.7333"),
							Array ("Greenland", "Greenland", "64.1833", "-51.7500"),
							Array ("Grenada", "Grenada", "12.0500", "-61.7500"),
							Array ("Guam", "Guam", "13.4666", "144.7333"),
							Array ("Guatemala", "Guatemala", "14.6166", "-90.5166"),
							Array ("Guernsey", "Guernsey", "49.4500", "-2.5333"),
							Array ("Guinea", "Guinea", "9.5500", "-13.7000"),
							Array ("Guinea-Bissau", "Guinea-Bissau", "11.8500", "-15.5833"),
							Array ("Guyana", "Guyana", "6.8000", "-58.1666"),
							Array ("Haiti", "Haiti", "18.5333", "-72.3333"),
							Array ("Holy See (Vatican City)", "Holy See (Vatican City)", "41.9000", "12.4500"),
							Array ("Honduras", "Honduras", "14.1000", "-87.2166"),
							Array ("Hungary", "Hungary", "47.5000", "19.0833"),
							Array ("Iceland", "Iceland", "64.1500", "-21.9500"),
							Array ("India", "India", "28.6000", "77.2000"),
							Array ("Indonesia", "Indonesia", "-6.1666", "106.8166"),
							Array ("Iran", "Iran", "35.6666", "51.4166"),
							Array ("Iraq", "Iraq", "33.3333", "44.3833"),
							Array ("Ireland", "Ireland", "53.3166", "-6.2333"),
							Array ("Isle of Man", "Isle of Man", "54.1500", "-4.4833"),
							Array ("Israel", "Israel", "31.7666", "35.2333"),
							Array ("Italy", "Italy", "41.9000", "12.4833"),
							Array ("Jamaica", "Jamaica", "18.0", "-76.8000"),
							Array ("Japan", "Japan", "35.6833", "139.7500"),
							Array ("Jersey", "Jersey", "49.1833", "-2.1000"),
							Array ("Jordan", "Jordan", "31.9500", "35.9333"),
							Array ("Kazakhstan", "Kazakhstan", "51.1666", "71.4166"),
							Array ("Kenya", "Kenya", "-1.2833", "36.8166"),
							Array ("Kiribati", "Kiribati", "1.3166", "172.9666"),
							Array ("Kuwait", "Kuwait", "29.3666", "47.9666"),
							Array ("Kyrgyzstan", "Kyrgyzstan", "42.8666", "74.6000"),
							Array ("Laos", "Laos", "17.9666", "102.6000"),
							Array ("Latvia", "Latvia", "56.9500", "24.1000"),
							Array ("Lebanon", "Lebanon", "33.8666", "35.5000"),
							Array ("Lesotho", "Lesotho", "-29.3166", "27.4833"),
							Array ("Liberia", "Liberia", "6.3000", "-10.8000"),
							Array ("Libya", "Libya", "32.8833", "13.1666"),
							Array ("Liechtenstein", "Liechtenstein", "47.1333", "9.5166"),
							Array ("Lithuania", "Lithuania", "54.6833", "25.3166"),
							Array ("Luxembourg", "Luxembourg", "49.6000", "6.1166"),
							Array ("Madagascar", "Madagascar", "-18.9166", "47.5166"),
							Array ("Malawi", "Malawi", "-13.9833", "33.7833"),
							Array ("Malaysia", "Malaysia", "3.1666", "101.7000"),
							Array ("Maldives", "Maldives", "4.1666", "73.5000"),
							Array ("Mali", "Mali", "12.6500", "-8.0"),
							Array ("Malta", "Malta", "35.8833", "14.5000"),
							Array ("Marshall Islands", "Marshall Islands", "7.1000", "171.3833"),
							Array ("Mauritania", "Mauritania", "18.1166", "-16.0333"),
							Array ("Mauritius", "Mauritius", "-20.1500", "57.4833"),
							Array ("Mayotte", "Mayotte", "-12.7666", "45.2166"),
							Array ("Mexico", "Mexico", "19.4333", "-99.1333"),
							Array ("Moldova", "Moldova", "47.0", "28.8500"),
							Array ("Monaco", "Monaco", "43.7333", "7.4166"),
							Array ("Mongolia", "Mongolia", "47.9166", "106.9166"),
							Array ("Montenegro", "Montenegro", "42.4333", "19.2666"),
							Array ("Montserrat", "Montserrat", "16.7000", "-62.2166"),
							Array ("Morocco", "Morocco", "34.0166", "-6.8166"),
							Array ("Mozambique", "Mozambique", "-25.9500", "32.5833"),
							Array ("Namibia", "Namibia", "-22.5666", "17.0833"),
							Array ("Nepal", "Nepal", "27.7166", "85.3166"),
							Array ("Netherlands", "Netherlands", "52.3833", "4.9000"),
							Array ("Netherlands Antilles", "Netherlands Antilles", "12.1000", "-68.9333"),
							Array ("New Caledonia", "New Caledonia", "-22.2666", "166.4500"),
							Array ("New Zealand", "New Zealand", "-41.4666", "174.8500"),
							Array ("Nicaragua", "Nicaragua", "12.1500", "-86.2833"),
							Array ("Niger", "Niger", "13.5166", "2.1166"),
							Array ("Nigeria", "Nigeria", "9.0833", "7.5333"),
							Array ("Niue", "Niue", "-19.0166", "-169.9166"),
							Array ("Norfolk Island", "Norfolk Island", "-29.0500", "167.9666"),
							Array ("North Korea", "North Korea", "39.0166", "125.7500"),
							Array ("Northern Mariana Islands", "Northern Mariana Islands", "15.2000", "145.7500"),
							Array ("Norway", "Norway", "59.9166", "10.7500"),
							Array ("Oman", "Oman", "23.6166", "58.5833"),
							Array ("Pakistan", "Pakistan", "33.7000", "73.1666"),
							Array ("Palau", "Palau", "7.4833", "134.6333"),
							Array ("Panama", "Panama", "8.9666", "-79.5333"),
							Array ("Papuaew Guinea", "Papuaew Guinea", "-9.5000", "147.1666"),
							Array ("Paraguay", "Paraguay", "-25.2666", "-57.6666"),
							Array ("Peru", "Peru", "-12.0500", "-77.0500"),
							Array ("Philippines", "Philippines", "14.5833", "121.0"),
							Array ("Pitcairn Islands", "Pitcairn Islands", "-25.0666", "-130.0833"),
							Array ("Poland", "Poland", "52.2500", "21.0"),
							Array ("Portugal", "Portugal", "38.7166", "-9.1333"),
							Array ("Puerto Rico", "Puerto Rico", "18.4666", "-66.1166"),
							Array ("Qatar", "Qatar", "25.2833", "51.5333"),
							Array ("Republic of Macedonia", "Republic of Macedonia", "42.0", "21.4333"),
							Array ("Republic of the Congo", "Republic of the Congo", "-4.2500", "15.2833"),
							Array ("Romania", "Romania", "44.4333", "26.1000"),
							Array ("Russia", "Russia", "55.7500", "37.5833"),
							Array ("Rwanda", "Rwanda", "-1.9500", "30.0666"),
							Array ("Saint Barthelemy", "Saint Barthelemy", "17.8833", "-62.8500"),
							Array ("Saint Helena", "Saint Helena", "-15.9333", "-5.7333"),
							Array ("Saint Kitts and Nevis", "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "17.3000", "-62.7166"),
							Array ("Saint Lucia", "Saint Lucia", "14.0166", "-61.0000"),
							Array ("Saint Pierre and Miquelon", "Saint Pierre and Miquelon", "46.7666", "-56.1833"),
							Array ("Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "13.1500", "-61.2333"),
							Array ("Samoa", "Samoa", "-13.8333", "-171.7333"),
							Array ("San Marino", "San Marino", "43.9333", "12.4166"),
							Array ("Saudi Arabia", "Saudi Arabia", "24.6333", "46.7166"),
							Array ("Senegal", "Senegal", "14.6666", "-17.4333"),
							Array ("Serbia and Montenegro", "Serbia and Montenegro", "44.8333", "20.5000"),
							Array ("Seychelles", "Seychelles", "-4.6333", "55.4500"),
							Array ("Sierra Leone", "Sierra Leone", "8.5000", "-13.2500"),
							Array ("Singapore", "Singapore", "1.2833", "103.8500"),
							Array ("Slovakia", "Slovakia", "48.1500", "17.1166"),
							Array ("Slovenia", "Slovenia", "46.0500", "14.5166"),
							Array ("Solomon Islands", "Solomon Islands", "-9.4333", "159.9500"),
							Array ("Somalia", "Somalia", "2.0666", "45.3666"),
							Array ("South Africa", "South Africa", "-25.7000", "28.2166"),
							Array ("South Korea", "South Korea", "37.5500", "126.9833"),
							Array ("Spain", "Spain", "40.4000", "-3.6833"),
							Array ("Sri Lanka", "Sri Lanka", "6.9333", "79.8500"),
							Array ("Sudan", "Sudan", "15.6000", "32.5333"),
							Array ("Suriname", "Suriname", "5.8333", "-55.1666"),
							Array ("Svalbard", "Svalbard", "78.2166", "15.5500"),
							Array ("Swaziland", "Swaziland", "-26.3000", "31.1000"),
							Array ("Sweden", "Sweden", "59.3333", "18.0500"),
							Array ("Switzerland", "Switzerland", "46.9500", "7.4333"),
							Array ("Syria", "Syria", "33.5000", "36.3000"),
							Array ("Sao Tome and Principe", "São Tomé and Príncipe", "0.2000", "6.6500"),
							Array ("Taiwan", "Taiwan", "25.0500", "121.5000"),
							Array ("Tajikistan", "Tajikistan", "38.5833", "68.8000"),
							Array ("Tanzania", "Tanzania", "-6.8000", "39.2833"),
							Array ("Thailand", "Thailand", "13.7500", "100.5166"),
							Array ("The Bahamas", "The Bahamas", "25.0833", "-77.3500"),
							Array ("The Gambia", "The Gambia", "13.4500", "-16.5666"),
							Array ("Togo", "Togo", "6.1333", "1.2166"),
							Array ("Tonga", "Tonga", "-21.1333", "-175.2000"),
							Array ("Trinidad and Tobago", "Trinidad and Tobago", "10.6500", "-61.5166"),
							Array ("Tunisia", "Tunisia", "36.8000", "10.1833"),
							Array ("Turkey", "Turkey", "39.9333", "32.8666"),
							Array ("Turkmenistan", "Turkmenistan", "37.9500", "58.3833"),
							Array ("Turks and Caicos Islands", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "21.4666", "-71.1333"),
							Array ("Tuvalu", "Tuvalu", "-8.5000", "179.2000"),
							Array ("Uganda", "Uganda", "0.3166", "32.4166"),
							Array ("Ukraine", "Ukraine", "50.4333", "30.5166"),
							Array ("United Arab Emirates", "United Arab Emirates", "24.4666", "54.3666"),
							Array ("United Kingdom", "United Kingdom", "51.5000", "-0.1666"),
							Array ("United States", "United States", "38.8833", "-77.0333"),
							Array ("Uruguay", "Uruguay", "-34.8833", "-56.1833"),
							Array ("Uzbekistan", "Uzbekistan", "41.3333", "69.3000"),
							Array ("Vanuatu", "Vanuatu", "-17.7333", "168.3166"),
							Array ("Venezuela", "Venezuela", "10.5000", "-66.9333"),
							Array ("Vietnam", "Vietnam", "21.0333", "105.8500"),
							Array ("Virgin Islands", "Virgin Islands", "18.3500", "-64.9333"),
							Array ("Wallis and Futuna", "Wallis and Futuna", "-13.9500", "-171.9333"),
							Array ("Yemen", "Yemen", "15.3500", "44.2000"),
							Array ("Zambia", "Zambia", "-15.4166", "28.2833"),
							Array ("Zimbabwe", "Zimbabwe", "-17.8333", "31.0500")
				);

var count_countries = countries_list.length;

function set_country(country){
	for (i = 0; i < count_countries; i++){
		if (countries_list[i][0] == country){
			document.title = country;
			country_ascii = countries_list[i][1];
			lat = countries_list[i][2];
			lon = countries_list[i][3];
			document.getElementById("title").innerHTML = country_ascii;
			
			document.getElementById("wikilink").innerHTML = country_ascii;
			document.getElementById("wikilink").href = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search="+country;
			
			document.getElementById("zoomed").innerHTML = "zoomed on capital at ";
			document.getElementById("longitude").innerHTML = lon;
			document.getElementById("latitude").innerHTML = lat;
			
			map.setCenter(new GLatLng(lat, lon), 9);
		}
	}
	
}


window.onload = function() {
	
	//initializes gmaps
	map_initialize();
	
	//initializes country selecting
	countries = document.getElementsByClassName("country");
	for (var i = 0; i < countries.length; i++){
		countries[i].addEventListener("click", function(){set_country(this.title);return false;}, false);
	}
	
	wlocation = window.location.toString();
	pos = wlocation.indexOf("#");
	if (pos >= 0){
		param = wlocation.substr(pos + 1, wlocation.length - pos - 1);
		param = unescape(param);
		for (i = 0; i < count_countries; i++){
			if (countries_list[i][0] == param){
				set_country(param);
			}
		}
	}
	
	//sets timer to periodically check for location.hash change
	var hash = location.hash;
	setInterval(function() {
			if (hash != location.hash) {
				hash = location.hash;
				set_country(hash.substr(1));
			}
		}, 100);

}

window.onunload = function() {
	GUnload();
}