function initialize() {

        var colors = ['#00bfff','#7eabe9','#799fe7','#7293e5','#6989e4','#5e7ee3','#5273e2','#4169e1','#4b6fde','#5274db','#5979d8','#5f7fd5','#6584d2','#698acf','#1e90ff'];

        var location = [

            {"name":"lisboa","lat":38.725717,"lng":-9.150248},

            {"name":"madrid","lat":40.420275,"lng":-3.705766},

            {"name":"burdeos","lat":44.836625,"lng":-0.581048},

            {"name":"loira","lat":46.621773,"lng":2.452032},

            {"name":"paris","lat":48.856929,"lng":2.341198},

            {"name":"bruselas","lat":50.848375,"lng":4.349679},

            {"name":"rotterdam","lat":51.922848,"lng":4.478452},

            {"name":"amsterdam","lat":52.373085,"lng":4.893276}

        ];

        var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('canvas'), {

            'center'    :   new google.maps.LatLng(0,-180),

            'zoom'      :   3,

            'mapTypeId' :   google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN

        });

​

        // store positions on var flightPlanCoordinates

        var flightPlanCoordinates = [];

​

        // set markers and popovers/infWindow

        // *remember var flightPlanCoordinates*

        for (var i = 0; i < location.length; i++) {

            var lat     =   location[i].lat,

                lng     =   location[i].lng,

                name    =   location[i].name;

            var pos     =   new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);

            var infowindow =  new google.maps.InfoWindow({

                'content'   :   name,

                'map'       :   map,

                'position'  :   pos

            });

            infowindow.close();

            flightPlanCoordinates.push(pos);

            var marker = new google.maps.Marker({

                'position'  :   pos,

                'map'       :   map,

                'title'     :   name,

                'icon'      :   {

                    'path'      :   google.maps.SymbolPath.CIRCLE,

                    'scale'     :   5,

                    'strokeColor':  colors[i]

                }

            });

            google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {

                if (infowindow) {

                    infowindow.close();

                }

                infowindow.open(map, this);

            });

        }

        // set polylines

        // *remember var flightPlanCoordinates*

        for (var i = 0; i < flightPlanCoordinates.length; i++) {

            if(typeof flightPlanCoordinates[i+1] == 'undefined'){

                continue;

            }

            var PathStyle = new google.maps.Polyline({

                'path'          : [

                    flightPlanCoordinates[i],

                    flightPlanCoordinates[i+1]

                ],

                'strokeColor'   : colors[i],

                'strokeOpacity' : 1.0,

                'strokeWeight'  : 2,

                'map'           : map

            });

        }

    }

    // Draw Google Maps V3

    google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);