<!--    

   function alertContents() {
			if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
				if (http_request.status == 200) {
					// evaluates the js file
					eval(http_request.responseText);
					// this needs to be in to make it a valid response
					document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = "";
				}
				else {
					alert('There was a problem with the request.');
				}
			}
		}
 
		function loadContent(url) {
			document.getElementById('map').style.visibility = 'visible';
			document.getElementById('masktop').style.visibility = 'visible';
			document.getElementById('maskleft').style.visibility = 'visible';
			document.getElementById('maskright').style.visibility = 'visible';
			document.getElementById('maskbottom').style.visibility = 'visible';
			document.getElementById('map').innerHTML = '<div id="datamessage">loading...</div>';
			var poststr = "";
			makeGETRequest(url, poststr);
		}
   
// -->

