refactor JS functions for simplicity

javascript.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var map;
 $(document).ready(function () {
 	var initialLocation;
 	var siberia = new google.maps.LatLng(60, 105);
-	var newyork = new google.maps.LatLng(40.69847032728747, -73.9514422416687);
+	var newyork = new google.maps.LatLng(40.773637, -73.970350);
 	var browserSupportFlag =  new Boolean();
 	var InfoWindowCount = 0  
 
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 	// }
 
 	function initialize() {
-		//turn off points of interest (POI) markers so people can only look at the info boxes generated by this app 
+		//this function builds the map
+		//remove google points of interest markers
 	  var myStyles =[
 	    {
 	      featureType: "poi",
@@ -42,24 +43,23 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 	      ]
 	    }
 		];
-
+		//set map types
 	  mapOptions = {
-	    //center: new google.maps.LatLng(40.710926,-73.95885700000001),
 	    zoom:16,
 	    mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
 	    styles: myStyles,
 	    disableDefaultUI: true
 	  };
-	  
+
 	  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map-canvas"), mapOptions);
 	  infoWidth = 350
-
 	  if ( /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent) ) {
 			infoWidth = 500
 		}
-	  var lat, lng = map.getCenter()
 
-	  // Try W3C Geolocation (Preferred)
+	  //varlat , lng = map.getCenter()
+
+	  // Try geolocation
 		if(navigator.geolocation) {
 		  browserSupportFlag = true;
 		  navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 
 		function handleNoGeolocation(errorFlag) {
 		  if (errorFlag == true) {
-		    alert("Geolocation service failed.");
+		    alert("Geolocation didn't work on your browser.  We are starting you in NYC");
 		    initialLocation = newyork;
 		  } else {
 		    alert("Your browser doesn't support geolocation. We've placed you in Siberia.");
@@ -92,14 +92,12 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 	}
 
 	function writeMarker() {
-		//set map center
+
 		c =  map.getCenter();
 	 	var lat = c.k;
 	 	var lng = c.B;
 	 	var url = 'http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyWikipedia?lat='+ lat +'&lng='+ lng +'&maxRows=10&username=andyjt';
-		//get the data
 	  $.get(url, function (data) {
-	    //iterate through the data
 	    $(data).find("entry").each(function(){
 	    	//check to see if the marker was already made
 	    	//if (checkMarkers($(this).find("title").text()) === false) {