Regardless of your situation, heres a working demo that creates markers on the map based on an array of addresses.
Javascript code embedded aswell:
$(document).ready(function () {
var map;
var elevator;
var myOptions = {
zoom: 1,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(0, 0),
mapTypeId: 'terrain'
};
map = new google.maps.Map($('#map_canvas')[0], myOptions);
var addresses = ['Norway', 'Africa', 'Asia','North America','South America'];
for (var x = 0; x < addresses.length; x++) {
$.getJSON('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='+addresses[x]+'&sensor=false', null, function (data) {
var p = data.results[0].geometry.location
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(p.lat, p.lng);
new google.maps.Marker({
position: latlng,
map: map
});
});
}
});