    // Our global state
    var gLocalSearch;
    var gLocalMap;
    var gSelectedResults = [];
    var gCurrentResults = [];

    // Create our "tiny" marker icon
    var gSmallIcon = new GIcon();
    gSmallIcon.image = "http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/mm_20_yellow.png";
    gSmallIcon.shadow = "http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/mm_20_shadow.png";
    gSmallIcon.iconSize = new GSize(12, 20);
    gSmallIcon.shadowSize = new GSize(22, 20);
    gSmallIcon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(6, 20);
    gSmallIcon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(5, 1);

    // Set up the map and the local searcher.
    function loadLocalSearch() {
      var input = document.getElementById("localQuery");
      //input.focus();

      // Initialize the map
      gLocalMap = new GMap(document.getElementById("localMap"));
      gLocalMap.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
      gLocalMap.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
      gLocalMap.setCenter(new GLatLng(localLatitude, localLongitude), localZoom);

      // Initialize the local searcher
      gLocalSearch = new GlocalSearch();
      gLocalSearch.setCenterPoint(gLocalMap);
      gLocalSearch.setSearchCompleteCallback(null, OnLocalSearch);

      // Execute the initial search
      gLocalSearch.execute("italian");
    }

    // Called when Local Search results are returned, we clear the old
    // results and load the new ones.
    function OnLocalSearch() {
      if (!gLocalSearch.results) return;
      var searchWell = document.getElementById("searchwell");

      // Clear the map and the old search well
      searchWell.innerHTML = "";
      for (var i = 0; i < gCurrentResults.length; i++) {
        if (!gCurrentResults[i].selected()) {
          gLocalMap.removeOverlay(gCurrentResults[i].marker());
        }
      }

      gCurrentResults = [];
      for (var i = 0; i < gLocalSearch.results.length; i++) {
        gCurrentResults.push(new LocalResult(gLocalSearch.results[i]));
      }

      // move the map to the first result
      var first = gLocalSearch.results[0];
      gLocalMap.recenterOrPanToLatLng(new GPoint(parseFloat(first.lng), parseFloat(first.lat)));

    }

    // Cancel the form submission, executing an AJAX Search API search.
    function CaptureForm(form) {
      gLocalSearch.execute(form["localQuery"].value);
      return false;
    }


    // A class representing a single Local Search result returned by the
    // Google AJAX Search API.
    function LocalResult(result) {
      this.result_ = result;
      this.resultNode_ = this.unselectedHtml();
      document.getElementById("searchwell").appendChild(this.resultNode_);
      gLocalMap.addOverlay(this.marker(gSmallIcon));
    }

    // Returns the GMap marker for this result, creating it with the given
    // icon if it has not already been created.
    LocalResult.prototype.marker = function(opt_icon) {
      if (this.marker_) return this.marker_;
      var marker = new GMarker(new GLatLng(parseFloat(this.result_.lat),
                                         parseFloat(this.result_.lng)),
                               opt_icon);
      GEvent.bind(marker, "click", this, function() {
        marker.openInfoWindow(this.selected() ? this.selectedHtml() :
                                                this.unselectedHtml());
      });
      this.marker_ = marker;
      return marker;
    }

    // "Saves" this result if it has not already been saved
    LocalResult.prototype.select = function() {
      if (!this.selected()) {
        this.selected_ = true;

        // Remove the old marker and add the new marker
        gLocalMap.removeOverlay(this.marker());
        this.marker_ = null;
        gLocalMap.addOverlay(this.marker(G_DEFAULT_ICON));

        // Add our result to the saved set
        document.getElementById("selected").appendChild(this.selectedHtml());

        // Remove the old search result from the search well
        this.resultNode_.parentNode.removeChild(this.resultNode_);
      }
    }

    // Returns the HTML we display for a result before it has been "saved"
    LocalResult.prototype.unselectedHtml = function() {
      var container = document.createElement("div");
      container.className = "unselected";
      container.appendChild(this.result_.html.cloneNode(true));
      var saveDiv = document.createElement("div");
      //saveDiv.className = "select";
	  saveDiv.style.visible = 'hidden';
	  saveDiv.style.height = "20px";
      //saveDiv.innerHTML = "Save this location";
      //GEvent.bindDom(saveDiv, "click", this, function() {
     //   gLocalMap.closeInfoWindow();
     //   this.select();
    //    gSelectedResults.push(this);
    //  });
      container.appendChild(saveDiv);
      return container;
    }

    // Returns the HTML we display for a result after it has been "saved"
    LocalResult.prototype.selectedHtml = function() {
      return this.result_.html.cloneNode(true);
    }

    // Returns true if this result is currently "saved"
    LocalResult.prototype.selected = function() {
      return this.selected_;
    }

    //]]>