function getSelectedItem(selectBoxId)
{
    var retValue = null;
    var selectElement = document.getElementById(selectBoxId); 
    retValue = selectElement.options[selectElement.selectedIndex].value;
    return retValue;
}
function createPublicMarker(lat, lng, htmldata)
{
	var point = new GLatLng(lat, lng);
  				  				
	var marker = new GMarker(point);
	
	GEvent.addListener( marker
				  , "click"
				  , function() 
  				    {
    					marker.openInfoWindowHtml(unescape(htmldata));
  					}
  				  );
  
	return marker;
  				 	
}

function openNetBooking(url)
{
 var newWin = null;
 newWin = window.open(url, 'newWin', "resizable,height=590,width=810,scrollbars");
 newWin.focus(); 
}