3D interactive globe

Hi,

I am a 2D and 3D motion graphics artist. A client has asked me if i would be able to create a small simple 3D animation of a globe. Easy, i thought, she continued… which revolves on a webpage and when the user clicks on the right arrow, the globe spins right and on the left button it spins left. Each continent also needs to change to a diferent colour when it is hovered over, and when the user clicks on a continent they are hovering over, a little info bubble comes up. Hmmm, i thought, not so easy…

I have experience of flash but nothing too complex, just basic button animations and video encoding etc. (you can see all i know on my web page www atmcewen co uk)

Could anyone help me? Any tips, links to tutorials or direction would be great, if it would be possible to speak or to direct me to anyone i could speak to or contact, that would be even better. I need to get back to them to tell them if i will be able to do it by 4pm (12:45pm here now) so any help would be fantastic!

Thanks so much
Adam