Using Google Maps API v3, is there a way to set the center of the map on initialize? I have a workaround using this code:

var geocoder;

  var map;

  function initialize() {

    geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();

    var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);

    var myOptions = {

      zoom: 8,

      center: latlng,

      mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP

    }

    map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(map_canvas), myOptions);

    codeAddress('germany');

  }



  function codeAddress(address) {

    geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {

      if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {

        map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);

        var marker = new google.maps.Marker({

            map: map,

            position: results[0].geometry.location

        });

      }

    });

  }

The only problem is that when it initializes, it centers it to the latlng for a split second. I'm can't figure out how to set the center in myOptions. I though I could return results[0].geometry.location from the codeAddress function and pass it to myOptions, but that doesn't work.

Thanks for any help.

Update
Since I can't remove center altogether, I'm wondering if there's a way to pass the address to the options.

From Google API:

To initialize a Map, we first create a Map options object to contain map initialization variables.
This object is not constructed; instead it is created as an object literal. There are two required
options for every map: center and zoom.