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Old 14-04-2008, 03:13   #2 (permalink)
Alex Rehm
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In respect to interactive globes, there are hardly any resources out there to get one pre-made.

If you go to wwwdotadventurecompanydotcodotuk/worldwide-homedotaspx you'll see a globe we did bespoke for them. Each point on the map is done separately, with a path running from left to right, following a rounded path. Each one of the buttons is a duplicate symbol to keep filesize down, followed by a loadMovie command on each one of them to show the panel on the bottom right.
The movement is defined through a nextFrame(); or prevFrame(); function.

In regards to the Nike globe, this one is done in AS3 where you can somewhat generate a 3D engine to get this working, with an onDrag and onMouseMove to get the effects working. The movies etc are done in the same way as the AdCo one via a loadMovie function to play an embedded video.

Could you give us a bit more info about what the globe is supposed to do for your project by any chance?
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