--- a/src/main/resources/templates/index.html	Tue Aug 23 17:40:45 2011 -0400
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/index.html	Tue Aug 23 17:56:42 2011 -0400
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 	<script src="http://www.openstreetmap.org/openlayers/OpenStreetMap.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 	
 	<script type="text/javascript">
-		//var lat=42.412704
-		//var lon=-71.140267
 		var zoom=13
 		var map;
 		function init() {
@@ -21,8 +19,6 @@
 				controls:[
 					new OpenLayers.Control.Navigation(),
 					new OpenLayers.Control.PanZoom(),
-					//new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher(),
-					//new OpenLayers.Control.Attribution()
 					],
 				//maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508.34,-20037508.34,20037508.34,20037508.34),
 				//maxResolution: 156543.0399,
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@
 			http.open('GET','Jun-26-11.json',false);
 			http.onreadystatechange = function () {
 				console.log("state: " + http.readyState);
-				if(http.readyState == 4){
+				if(http.readyState == 4 && http.responseText != ""){
 					jsonData = eval('(' + http.responseText + ')');
 				}
 			};
@@ -65,9 +61,10 @@
 
 		function centerMapOnTrail(json) {
 			var bounds = getBounds(json);
-			//var lonLat = new OpenLayers.LonLat(centerLon,centerLat).transform(new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"), map.getProjectionObject());
+
 			var lonLat = bounds.getCenterLonLat().transform(new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"), map.getProjectionObject());
-			map.setCenter(lonLat, zoom);
+			map.setCenter(lonLat, map.getZoomForExtent(bounds.transform(new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"), map.getProjectionObject())));
+
 		}
 		
 		function getBounds(json) {
@@ -94,7 +91,6 @@
 			bounds.extend(new OpenLayers.LonLat(minLong,minLat));
 			bounds.extend(new OpenLayers.LonLat(maxLong,maxLat));
 			return bounds;
-			//return {'longRange': [minLong,maxLong], 'latRange': [minLat,maxLat]}
 		}
 
 		function initGraphs() {