backbone.js and gmaps4rails

gistfile1.txt

class Raffler.Views.MapMarkersIndex extends Backbone.View
  template: JST['map_markers/index']

  render: (markers) ->
    console.log "Raffler.Views.MapMarkersIndex render"
    $(@el).html(@template())
    @loadGoogleMaps(markers)
    this

  loadGoogleMaps: (markers) ->
    console.log "loading GlobalMaps"
    map = new Gmaps4RailsGoogle() #new Gmaps4RailsGoogle()
    # --> what needs to go here?
    # map.initialize()
    # map.loadMaps()
    # ^- not working...