//var xmlHttp

function showPic(id) { 
      //document.getElementById("zoom").style.display="block"      
      xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
      if (xmlHttp==null) {
               alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
               return
         }
      var url="-loadpic.php"
      url=url+"?id="+id
      xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged
      xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
      xmlHttp.send(null)
}


function stateChanged() { 
    if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete") { 
        document.getElementById("zoom").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText 
    } else {
        document.getElementById("zoom").innerHTML= 'Loading image. Please wait...'
    } 
}

function GetXmlHttpObject() {
  var xmlHttp=null;
  try {
    xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
catch (e) {
  try {
    xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }
 catch (e) {
    xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
 }
return xmlHttp;
}
//================= END AJAX maps loading