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The standard method for loading the API creates global objects such as GMarker, GMap2, etc. As of version 2.134d of the API, objects are additionally declared within the google.maps.* namespace. Developers who want the objects to only be inside the namespace can specify “file=googleapionly” instead of “file=api” when loading the API in the script tag.
