Google maps request returning “Cannot set property 'position' of undefined”

Question

Am trying to display a location on a map using goolge maps, with the function below

function show_map(options) {
            var mapOptions = {
                      


        

Answer 1

this works :

var mapElem = $("#container").find("#map")[0];
var map = new google.maps.Map(mapElem,mapOptions);