// JavaScript Document
var map = false;
var gdir;
var markers = [];
var geocoder;
var prefixG;
google.load("maps", "2");
var bounds;
var reasons=[];
 // ===== list of words to be standardized =====
    var standards = [   ["road","rd"],   
                        ["street","st"], 
                        ["avenue","ave"], 
                        ["av","ave"], 
                        ["drive","dr"],
                        ["saint","st"], 
                        ["north","n"],   
                        ["south","s"],    
                        ["east","e"], 
                        ["west","w"],
                        ["expressway","expy"],
                        ["parkway","pkwy"],
                        ["terrace","ter"],
                        ["turnpike","tpke"],
                        ["highway","hwy"],
                        ["lane","ln"]
                     ];