The flash implementation of my project is coming along nicely. I have a zoom system and buttons which turn on and off the different layers (names, flags, greyscale representation). I have rollovers working, i just need to implement them. On that note I will implement hierarchically. That is, I will have rollovers on the black 'do not travel' countries initially and then extend the system.
On another note, I am still trying to decide on a name, but am leaning towards 'soft landing - a geopolitical contextualisation', but it might just be a bit of a mouthfull. I like this name because it conveys the idea of travel, and gets the point across.
Now its just to decide on a name, finish the rollovers and make the pre loader.