title: Google.maps.Map Javascript API V3 compatibilty with jquery
body: <p>I am trying to figure out why this will work by adding a map on a div of id="google_map"</p>
  
  <pre><code>map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("google_map"), googleMapOptions);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but this wont work</p>
  
  <pre><code>var our_map = $("#google_map");
  map = new google.maps.Map(our_map, googleMapOptions); 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get  this console error on firebug</p>
  
  <pre><code>TypeError: Argument 1 of Window.getComputedStyle does not implement interface Element.
  
  
  ...(a,b,c){c=c&amp;&amp;1==b;Jt.H?Yn(a[w],c?"":b):(b="alpha(opacity="+Jd(100*b)+")",rn(a[w]...
  </code></pre>