[ Need help ] interactive 3d earth globe

[AanJohnson]

can anyone help me ?

i was trying to make a 3D earth globe but my teacher want the globe become interactive so when the user click the map on globe, it'll display the info of that contry

can anyone help me, please..
or give some trick

thanks in advance

[angelhdz]

Hello there

Where are you planning to make the 3D earth? In flash or in another 3D program and import it to flash? Please detail exactly what you need, because the click + show info is easy to achieve, but i don't know if the 3D fact has any important to do with


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[AanJohnson]

if want to make using another 3d program then import to flash, what software do i have to use ?

because i never done it before

[angelhdz]

Well, you can use Swift 3D or Blender, both programs export to .swf, then you import the .swf into flash and make whatever you want with it.

[AanJohnson]

but then how to make the earth become interactive ?
so when i click on the globe, it will show the info of the contry

[angelhdz]

You make the 3D earth in Swift 3D or Blender. You make an animation of the earth's globe 360 degrees, going on around the globe. Then you export to .swf or as a movie (.avi, .wmv, .flv, .mov). Load the swf or the movie into flash as a movieclip, stop(); at first frame of that movieclip so the movie doesn't start automatically. Then just gotoAndStop(); the desired frame of the movieclip to stop at an specific point of the earth globe !

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

Maybe you could customise this to suit your needs!! http://www.flashxml.net/3d-sphere-gallery.html