I need a spinning globe image

[pandaviet]

Hi everyone,
Someone please tell me where I can get the spinning, "see through" globe image I can use for my website. I saw it one the TV news program, love it and want to have a similar thing for my website.
Thank you,

[asquithea]

I'm afraid I don't know where you might get one, but...

Please don't do it. Every poor soul who visits the page would have to download the Flash plugin, wait for the flash file download, and then suffer through the animation. Depending on how obnoxious you make it, a proportion of your visitors will leave, and you'll look back in 6 months and wonder: "What was I thinking?"

I nifty effect you might try would be a translucent background, with an underlying image of a globe. Done well, this kind of page can look very slick; some blog templates use this sort of design.

(I saw a great example of this a few days ago, but I can't lay hands on it, so you'll have to make do with a so-so example; [meyerweb.com...]

[edited by: jatar_k at 4:46 pm (utc) on Aug. 2, 2005]
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[travelin cat]

Pandaviet, about 6 years ago we found a globe that was imaged in 3D and saved as 12 individual transparent gifs, we made a very small animated gif that looked great.

You can find these all over the web using any search engine.... it makes a small file and because each gif was transparent, you could do fun things....

Sorry I can't remember where I got them.... but with a little work, you will find them.

[cuce]

It is my opinion that sites with rotating logos of any kind SHOULD be shut down immediately. I agree with that last post, try something else maybe a nice transparency or maybe god forbid a small unintrusive logo that compliments your site layout?!

[pandaviet]

Thank you everyone for your input.