Please help me debug why Chrome is not recognizing google.
I get this error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: google is not defined
You shouldn't put your google maps event in $(document).ready();
since window.load already registers an event listener and that should be enough.
Your google maps script tag should also be above your JavaScript code and the event listener should also be moved beneath the function.
Next time you should read the documentation more thoroughly.