with REF ENTRY41 - we really like this, its a nice way to dispay the world in a less generic format (i.e. not as a standard spehre) could you maybe make the pins pointing to the map look like assets, maybe one is a car, one is a bike, one is a boat or any other such mobile asset.
these can be fun and dont have to be serious. we very much like the fun elements in the brands of google and skype.