var data;

function mapPoints()
{
    var url = '../common/ajax/get_map_points.php';

    var map = {};

     jQuery.get( url, map, recieve_map_points );

     console.log(data);

     return data;

}

function recieve_map_points(doc, textrank)
    {
        data = {"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": new Array()};

        var points = [];

        var point_nodes = doc.getElementsByTagName( 'Point' );

        for ( i=0; i<point_nodes.length; i++ )
        {
            var point_node = point_nodes[i];

            var event_name_nodes = point_node.getElementsByTagName('EventName');
            var event_name_node  = event_name_nodes[0];
            var event_name = event_name_node.childNodes[0].nodeValue;

            var event_type_nodes = point_node.getElementsByTagName('EventType');
            var event_type_node  = event_type_nodes[0];
            var event_type = event_type_node.childNodes[0].nodeValue;

            var event_currently_attending_nodes =       point_node.getElementsByTagName('EventCurrentlyAttending');
            var event_currently_attending_node  = event_currently_attending_nodes[0];
            var event_currently_attending = event_currently_attending_node.childNodes[0].nodeValue;

            var longitude_nodes = point_node.getElementsByTagName('Longitude');
            var longitude_node  = longitude_nodes[0];
            var longitude = longitude_node.childNodes[0].nodeValue;

            var latitude_nodes = point_node.getElementsByTagName('Latitude');
            var latitude_node  = latitude_nodes[0];
            var latitude = latitude_node.childNodes[0].nodeValue;


            var point = {
                "type" : "Feature",
                "geometry" : {
                    "type" : "Point",
                    "coordinates" : [longitude, latitude]
                },
                "properties" : {
                    "name" : event_name,
                    "type" : event_type,
                    "attending" : event_currently_attending
                }
            }

            data["features"][i] = point;
        }
        console.log(data);
        return data;
    }