Thanks
GeekDrew, but I've made the above changes but still no luck.
Just noticed another thing, when I run the 'markers.xml' file it doesn't show all the entry's I have listed in the database which I would have expected after a cron job, any ideas?
Also currently my map shows about 35 markers, even though I have about 45 in the database, however if I reinstate the $footer reference at the bottom of the 'googlemapme' template I only than have about 15 markers showing on my map.
Thanks for being patient with me everyone!
S@NL - BlackBik, thanks for the suggestion but that didn't work either I'm sorry to say.