function createMarker(point, index, strInfoText, strId, i , strUrl, icon) {
          var baseIcon = new GIcon();
          baseIcon.image = "http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/markers/blue/marker"+i+".png";
          //baseIcon.image = "http://www.chercherunhotel.com/images/marker"+icon+".png";
         // baseIcon.iconSize = new GSize(20, 34);
       //   baseIcon.shadowSize = new GSize(37, 34);
          baseIcon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(9, 34);
          baseIcon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(9, 2);
          baseIcon.infoShadowAnchor = new GPoint(18, 25);
        // Create a lettered icon for this point using our icon class
          var letter = String.fromCharCode("A".charCodeAt(0) + index);
          var letteredIcon = new GIcon(baseIcon);
          letteredIcon.image = "http://www.google.com/mapfiles/marker" + letter + ".png";

          // Set up our GMarkerOptions object
          markerOptions = { icon:baseIcon };
          var marker = new GMarker(point, markerOptions);

          GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
           	window.location.replace(strUrl);});
          
          GEvent.addListener(marker, "mouseover", function () {
						marker.openInfoWindowHtml(strInfoText);
						Highlight(strId);});
						
						tableau[i] = [marker, strInfoText];
						
          return marker;
          
        }