var map;
var ajaxRequest;
var plotlist;
var plotlayers=[];
var greenIcon = L.icon({
    iconUrl: icon_dot_url,
    iconSize:     [10, 10], // size of the icon
});
function initmap(ShowGrid = 'No') {
    // set up AJAX request
    ajaxRequest=getXmlHttpObject();
    if (ajaxRequest==null) {
        alert ("This browser does not support HTTP Request");
        return;
    }
    
    // set up the map
    map = new L.Map('map');
    // create the tile layer with correct attribution
    var osmUrl='https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png';
    var osmAttrib='Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors';
    var osm = new L.TileLayer(osmUrl, {minZoom: 1, maxZoom: 9, attribution: osmAttrib});        
    // start the map in South-East England
    map.setView(new L.LatLng(q_lat, q_lng), q_zoom);
	
	map.addLayer(osm);
	askForPlots();
	map.on('moveend', onMapMove);
	if(ShowGrid == "Yes") {
		var maidenhead = L.maidenhead().addTo(map);
	}
	var layerControl = new L.Control.Layers(null, {
    'Gridsquares': maidenhead = L.maidenhead()
	}).addTo(map);
}
function getXmlHttpObject() {
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { return new XMLHttpRequest(); }
	if (window.ActiveXObject)  { return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
	return null;
}
function askForPlots() {
    // request the marker info with AJAX for the current bounds
    ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = stateChanged;
    ajaxRequest.open('GET', qso_loc, true);
    ajaxRequest.send(null);
}
function stateChanged() {
	// if AJAX returned a list of markers, add them to the map
	if (ajaxRequest.readyState==4) {
		//use the info here that was returned
		if (ajaxRequest.status==200) {
            plotlist=eval("(" + ajaxRequest.responseText + ")");
            plotlist = plotlist['markers'];
			removeMarkers();
			for (i=0;i"+plotlist[i].label+""+plotlist[i].html);
				plotlayers.push(plotmark);
			}
		}
	}
}
function removeMarkers() {
	for (i=0;i