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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 them in stock (though they may be out of date geopolitically) :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:
>> 
>>  ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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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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