[Geowanking] (Geo) Presentation Tools

[John McKerrell]

Hi all

I'm giving a presentation in a month's time. I was originally  
intending to use prezi.com and wanted to show a map of the world which  
I could zoom in and out of to show detail and tell stories about  
various places. Prezi was actually the inspiration for me using that  
format. Unfortunately I'm not having much luck with their site, not  
sure if my images are too big or I'm scaling things out too much but  
it's just not working well.

So, I'm wondering if there's anything else you can suggest. I guess I  
have two main options, either using a projected map or using a spinny  
globe. I'm guessing that Google Earth could do the job but if there's  
anything more appropriate I'd be glad to hear about it. I'd like to be  
able to display text and photos at each location. Ideally I'll be able  
to pre-cache tiles (oh yes, I'd like it to display my own map tiles if  
possible) and it'll all work nicely and smoothly. Also the ability to  
share it in some way would be good though I imagine a movie would  
suffice. I'd rather not have to start coding something up so that I  
can spend more time on the presentation and less on the tools!

Appreciate any suggestions you may have,

John