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Hey! You're close by!
Thanks for the info. We are going to have test this out, and I suspect
upgrade the mounts.
MJ

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Tamara Schwarz <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> Hi Mary Jo,
> We used an off-the-shelf consumer-grade globe in an exhibit a few years
> back.  I don't remember the specific brand, but we had problems with the
> mount and allowing visitors to spin it, and we ended up changing it to a
> fixed mount.
>
> Best,
> Tamara
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> > From: Mary Jo Sutton <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:41:11 -0700
> > To: ISEN-ASTC-L <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: using pre-fab globes on public floor?
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> > Wow, that is a conceptual shift. Thanks for the info. I know this sounds
> > pathetic, but I think we are thinking about super low tech pre-fab
> > Rand type globes with added graphics to show migration routes of people
> to
> > California during the Gold Rush.
> > Mary Jo
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Tom Nielsen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> >> Hi Mary Jo,
> >>
> >> A few years ago I was looking at globes for an exhibit to display where
> you
> >> would arrive if you dug a hole directly through the center of the earth
> and
> >> came out the other side -- the question Alice asks herself as she is
> falling
> >> down the rabbit hole.  We eventually built a contraption with two tiny
> video
> >> cameras pointed at the antipodes of a motorized globe that visitors
> could
> >> control with two knobs.  It didn't seem to me that any of the globes I
> could
> >> find were tough enough for direct manipulation by "public hands" (nice
> >> description!).  The one candidate we considered was a Cram 12" diameter
> with
> >> a "Horizontal Ring Mount" meant for classroom use.  This mount is a
> simple
> >> "cradle" device, much studier than the usual gimbals -- but it might be
> a
> >> problem that the globe can be simply removed and rolled across the
> floor!
> >>  It seems they no longer make that style, but a few dealers seem to have
> >> them in stock (though they may be out of date geopolitically) :
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://shopping.msn.com/prices/cram-12-inch-political-globe-in-horizon-ring-m
> >>
> ounting/itemid903276338/?itemtext=itemname:cram-12-inch-political-globe-in-ho
> >> rizon-ring-mounting
> >>
> >> One of my favorite globes though is not a globe at all:
> >>
> >> http://www.championmap.com/Replogle_Earth2_Globe_p/rg6002.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> good luck,
> >>
> >> Tom Nielsen
> >> The Exhibit Guys
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Mary Jo Sutton wrote:
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> >>> Anyone have experience using a prefabricated globe with visitors on the
> >>> public floor? What types have you tried? Are they strong enough for
> public
> >>> hands? Results Disasters? Any tips?
> >>> thanks,
> >>> Mary Jo Sutton
> >>> Oakland Museum Renovation Project
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