Ajax and jquery get request

gistfile1.js

// target request: 
// http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=xml&lat=40.004&lon=-82.862&MaxResponse=1&zoom=17&accept-language=en-us&addressdetails=1

var getMyData = (function() {
	var lat = document.forms[0].lat.value;
	var lng = document.forms[0].lon.value;
	return {format:"xml",lat:lat,lng:lng,MaxResponse:1,zoom:17,"accept-language":"en-us",addressdetails:1};
})

var submitForm = function() {
	var myURL = "http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse";
	$("#docs").appendChild("<p>"+myURL+"</p>");
	$.ajax({
		dataType: "xml",
		url: myURL,
		type: "GET",
		data: getMyData(),
		mimeType: "xml",
		success: function(data,textStatus, jqXHR) {
  		    alert("1");
  		    var xmlData = data,
  		    xmlDoc = $.parseXML(xmlData),
  		    $xml = $( xmlDoc ),
  		    $result = $xml.find( "road");
  		
  		    alert( $xml.text() );
  		    $( "#docs" ).append( $result.text() );
                },
		error:function(response) {
                    alert("An error occurred while communicating with the OpenLS service. Please try again.");
                }
        });
}