Load infowindows via exposed filters or a dropdown menu

I have the following snippet of javascript, which opens an info window from a dropdown list (a views attachment that returns the same list of nodes that the gmap does).

$(".map-jump-menu").change(function () {
	var index = $(".map-jump-menu option").index($(".map-jump-menu option:selected"));
		 
	GEvent.trigger(Drupal.settings.gmap.auto1map.markers[index].marker, "click");
	return false;
});

I'm trying to take my map one step further, and add ajax exposed filters (using better exposed filters) so you can filter out nodes by a particular criteria.

Drupal.behaviors.bef_live_filter = function(context) {
	if (context.nodeName == '#document') {
		$('.views-exposed-form input:submit').hide();
	}
	
	$('.views-exposed-form input').change(function(event) {
		$(this).parents('form').submit();
	});
}

Once, i have set a filter, the dropdown list no longer works. So, I'm looking for some guidance on what I may need to add to my $(".map-jump-menu").change function to possibly reset or reload the map to respond to those events again.

Hope this makes sense.