So why doesn't anyone make a "Forever Globe" that projects from the interior of the globe the image of the world onto the exterior of the globe? You could then update countries as you go, and even add things like the weather, etc.
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Google Earth embodies the data management needed to make a forever globe, so now someone just has to make the suitable projector. I have long desired a globe that would interactively change its display to make, for example, population density or altitude or some other displayable feature more prominent than political boundaries.
SO, know anyone in China we could talk to about this? I suspect the trick is to find a way to create a curved touch-sensitive surface. I'm tempted to do a render and setup a Kickstarter for this, but I'd like to make sure that someone makes the basic parts before I start "taking orders". Surely there are some folks on here who can at least tell me who to talk to?