var city = "";	
var cityZip = "";
var startLat = 35.173808;
var startLng = -5.625000;

var dirCity = '';
var dirState = '';
var mapCity = '';

//override defaults for the rest of the world
useMetric=true;
var eleUnit = 'm';
var distUnit = "km";
var speedUnit = " kph";
var metricRatio = 1.609344;
var footRatio = .3048;