OK - I learnt a bit more about loading javascript
Using http://simonwillison.net/2004/May/26/addLoadEvent/ everything is
sweet

No javascript errors, and map controls display properly

On Jun 22, 9:35 pm, bern <[email protected]> wrote:
> I built a vanilla page with no other javascript and it worked
> INTERMITTENTLY in IE. It only occasionally showed the controls.
>
> A case of not loading it right?
>
> On Jun 22, 9:11 pm, bern <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks Miguel
>
> > I've placed the JS after the map div; I've renamed the div so that it
> > doesn't clash with the 'map' var; and I've removed all other
> > javascript (for testing, it's back now)
>
> > However I still could not see the controls
>
> > IE8 gives me the following error:
>
> > Message: Unspecified error.
> > Line: 26
> > Char: 70
> > Code: 0
> > URI:http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/api-3/1/5a/main.js
>
> > On Jun 22, 7:52 pm, Miguel Angel Vilela <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I took your JS and put it right after a div with id "map" and the scale 
> > > and
> > > navigation control show fine in IE8:
>
> > > <html>
> > > <head>
> > > <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
> > > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
> > > <title>Google Maps JavaScript API v3 Example: Map Simple</title>
> > > <script type="text/javascript" 
> > > src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false";></script>
> > > </head>
> > > <body style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">
> > >   <div id="map" style="width:100%; height:100%"></div>
> > > <script type="text/javascript">
> > > /* your code here, unchanged */
> > > </script>
> > > </body>
> > > </html>
>
> > > So there is no problem with the maps-specific JS itself, but it you have
> > > much more JS code in that page and they don't seem to play well together.
>
> > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:26, bern <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Map controls (zoom, scale) are showing fine on this page in FF, Chrome
> > > > & Safari:
> > > >http://bit.ly/dnKawU
>
> > > > But not in IE7 (on Windows XP) or IE8 (Windows 7) ... although the
> > > > markers come up fine.
>
> > > > I've copied & pasted some code (monkey see monkey do) so my
> > > > understanding is limited. I've looked for errant commas. However I
> > > > noticed a few posts when Googling relating to issues IE7 & 8 in 2009.
> > > > So thought I'd ask the group.
>
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