<!--    

   function alertContentsHtml() {
			if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
				if (http_request.status == 200) {
					result = http_request.responseText;
					document.getElementById('map').innerHTML = result;
				}
				else {
					alert('There was a problem with the request.');
				}
			}
		}
 
		function loadHtml(url) {
			// makes sure that the grey background is removed
			document.getElementById('map').innerHTML = '';
			document.getElementById('map').style.backgroundColor = '#FFF';
			document.getElementById('map').style.visibility = 'hidden';
			document.getElementById('masktop').style.visibility = 'hidden';
			document.getElementById('maskleft').style.visibility = 'hidden';
			document.getElementById('maskright').style.visibility = 'hidden';
			document.getElementById('maskbottom').style.visibility = 'hidden';
			var poststr = "";
			makeGETRequest(url, poststr, 'html');
		}
   
// -->