reading XML embedded in HTML for Google Maps.

[deluxmilkman]

I`m putting markers on Google Mpas using maps.xml,
and I would like to include maps.xml into HTML to make it one file.

Now, I need to know how to read this XML and process.

my XML in HTML.

<xml id='xmldata' style='display:none;'>
<markers>
<marker lat="50.895842" lng="-1.4051" />
</markers>
</xml>


my Javascript for external XML file (I need to change this for embedded XML).


// create the map
var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(50.895842,-1.4051), 14);
map.setUIToDefault();
map.enableGoogleBar();

// Read the data from example.xml
var request = GXmlHttp.create();
request.open("GET", "maps.xml", true);
request.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (request.readyState == 4) {
var xmlDoc = request.responseXML;
// obtain the array of markers and loop through it
var markers = xmlDoc.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("marker");

for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
// obtain the attribues of each marker
var lat = parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute("lat"));
var lng = parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute("lng"));
var point = new GLatLng(lat,lng);
// create the marker
var marker = createMarker(point;
map.addOverlay(marker);
}
}
}
request.send(null);


Thank you.