The only problem I have with using an image map is that in order to render 4 sides of a skybox (front, back,right,left), I have to rotate and create another image map for the side I'm rendering. So to render the right side, I rotated the image map 90 degrees and saved it under another name. This is kinda of a pain but I guess I can live with it. If anybody knows of a way around this I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!