function _load_map() {
  var point = new google.maps.LatLng(51.510207, -0.136991);

  var myMapOptions = {
    maxZoom: 17, // we'll fix the zoom levels, since this moves our marker away from the location
    minZoom: 17,
    zoom: 17,
    center: point,
    mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
  };

  var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),myMapOptions);

  var image = new google.maps.MarkerImage(
    'assets/contact/contact_flag.png',
    new google.maps.Size(103,75),
    new google.maps.Point(0,0),
    new google.maps.Point(45,34)
  );

  var shape = {
    coord: [91,0,100,1,102,2,102,3,102,4,102,5,102,6,102,7,102,8,102,9,102,10,102,11,102,12,102,13,102,14,102,15,102,16,102,17,102,18,102,19,102,20,102,21,102,22,102,23,102,24,102,25,102,26,102,27,102,28,102,29,102,30,102,31,102,32,102,33,102,34,102,35,102,36,102,37,102,38,102,39,102,40,102,41,102,42,102,43,102,44,102,45,102,46,102,47,102,48,102,49,102,50,100,51,96,52,54,53,53,54,53,55,52,56,52,57,52,58,51,59,51,60,50,61,50,62,50,63,49,64,49,65,48,66,48,67,48,68,47,69,47,70,46,71,46,72,46,73,45,74,30,74,30,73,29,72,29,71,29,70,28,69,28,68,28,67,27,66,27,65,27,64,26,63,26,62,26,61,25,60,25,59,24,58,24,57,24,56,23,55,23,54,23,53,7,52,2,51,0,50,0,49,0,48,0,47,0,46,0,45,0,44,0,43,0,42,0,41,0,40,0,39,0,38,0,37,0,36,0,35,0,34,0,33,0,32,0,31,0,30,0,29,0,28,0,27,0,26,0,25,0,24,0,23,0,22,0,21,0,20,0,19,0,18,0,17,0,16,0,15,0,14,0,13,0,12,0,11,0,10,0,9,0,8,0,7,0,6,0,5,0,4,0,3,0,2,2,1,11,0,91,0],
    type: 'poly'
  };

  var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
    draggable: false,
    raiseOnDrag: false,
    icon: image,
//    shape: shape,
    map: map,
    position: point
  });

}