8.9.6
2023-07-14
• Updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
8.x:
• New choropleth map: population density
• Country comparison and World Explorer new key indicator: population density
6.x:
• Search for countries, major cities, rivers, mountains, lakes and coordinates
• World Explorer: largest cities, longest rivers and highest mountains
• Distance calculator: cities, states, mountain, lakes, ...
5.x:
• Country info: government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Dynamic scale bars
8.7.1
2022-10-18
• Updates for maps and data
• Updates for Human Development Index (HDI) data
• New choropleth map: population density
• Country comparison and World Explorer new key indicator: population density
6.x:
• Search for countries, major cities, rivers, mountains, lakes and coordinates
• World Explorer: largest cities, longest rivers and highest mountains
• Distance calculator: cities, states, mountain, lakes, ...
5.x:
• Country info: government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Dynamic scale bars
8.5.0
2022-03-12
• Updates and corrections for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
• Search for principal subdivisions like states or provinces
6.8.x:
• Search for countries, major cities, rivers, mountains, lakes and coordinates
• World Explorer: largest cities, longest rivers and highest mountains
6.2.x:
• Country info: government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Dynamic scale bars
8.4.9
2022-02-20
• Updates and corrections for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
• Search for principal subdivisions like states or provinces
6.8.x:
• Search for countries, major cities, rivers, mountains, lakes and coordinates
• World Explorer: largest cities, longest rivers and highest mountains
6.2.x:
• Country info: government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Dynamic scale bars
8.3.1
2021-10-28
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
• Search for principal subdivisions like states or provinces
6.8.x:
• Search for countries, major cities, rivers, mountains, lakes and coordinates
• World Explorer: largest cities, longest rivers and highest mountains
• Quiz: Do you know the longest rivers on Earth?
6.2.x:
• Country info: government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Dynamic scale bars
8.2.8
2021-08-14
• Search for principal subdivisions like states or provinces
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
6.8.x:
• Search for countries, major cities, rivers, mountains, lakes and coordinates
• World Explorer: largest cities, longest rivers and highest mountains
• New Quiz: Do you know the longest rivers on Earth?
6.2.x:
• Country info: government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Dynamic scale bars
8.2.0
2021-07-07
• Search for principal subdivisions like states or provinces
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
6.8.x:
• Search for countries, major cities, rivers, mountains, lakes and coordinates
• World Explorer: largest cities, longest rivers and highest mountains
• New Quiz: Do you know the longest rivers on Earth?
6.2.x:
• Country info: government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Dynamic scale bars
6.8.15
2021-01-21
• New Quiz: Do you know the longest rivers?
• Updates for maps and data: HDI 2020, ...
• Search for countries, major cities, rivers, deserts, lakes, mountains or coordinates
• World Explorer: largest cities, longest rivers and highest mountains
6.2.x:
• New Quiz: Federal states for selected countries
• Country data now with info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
5.x:
• Administrative area maps for selected countries
• Top cities by population for each country and continent
• Temperature data: Centigrade or Fahrenheit
6.8.11
2020-10-25
• Search for countries, major cities, rivers, mountains, lakes or coordinates
• World Explorer new data: largest cities, longest rivers and highest mountains
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
6.2.x:
• Dynamic scale bar
• Country data now including info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Virtual World Tour
5.x:
• Temperature data: Centigrade or Fahrenheit
• New key figure HDI in World Explorer
6.8.0
2020-07-08
• New Search for countries, major cities, rivers & mountains or coordinates
• HDI data Update
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
6.5.6
2020-05-25
• Bug fixes and improvements
• Country search now supports alternative names
• Update Human Development Index 2019
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
6.x:
• New: dynamic scale bar
• New: country data now including info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Virtual World Tour
6.5.0
2020-05-08
• Bug fixes and improvements
• Update Human Development Index 2019
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
6.x:
• New: dynamic scale bar
• New: country data now including info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Virtual World Tour
6.2.92
2020-02-21
• Bug fixes and improvements
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
6.x:
• New: dynamic scale bar
• New: country data now including info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Virtual World Tour
6.2.86
2019-12-28
• Bug fixes and improvements
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
6.x:
• New: dynamic scale bar
• New: country data now including info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Virtual World Tour
6.2.85
2019-12-14
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
6.x:
• New: dynamic scale bar
• New: country data now including info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Virtual World Tour
6.0.29
2019-10-22
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
6.x:
• New: dynamic scale bar
• New: country data now including info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Virtual World Tour
6.0.3
2019-07-22
• New: dynamic scale bar
• New: country data now including info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Virtual World Tour
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
5.x:
• Temperature data: Centigrade or Fahrenheit
• Country data and time zones update
• New key figure HDI in World Explorer
6.0.1
2019-06-20
• New: dynamic scale bar
• New: country data now including info about government type, climate and date of independence
• Distance calculator: more cities
• Virtual World Tour
• Corrections and updates for maps and data
• Bug fixes and improvements
5.x:
• Temperature data: Centigrade or Fahrenheit
• Country data and time zones update
• New key figure HDI in World Explorer
5.60
2018-12-14
• Country data and time zones update
• New key figure HDI in World Explorer
• New UI themes and tablet mode
• Temperature data display now selectable: Centigrade or Fahrenheit
• Corrections and updates for country maps
5.10
2018-04-23
• New optional dark theme
• Optimized country data overview in landscape format
• Country data update
• Top cities by population per continent
• Corrections and updates for country maps
5.0
2017-11-17
Ver. 5.0:
• Bug fix: favorites, world clock and country comparison
• Country data update
• Added Aland Islands and Canary Islands
• Maps: enhanced zoom, corrections and performance improvements
• Adaptation for iPhone X
4.5
2017-04-19
• Maps: bug fix zoom and pan
• New: Distance calculator
• Country data: HDI Data update
• Country data: added languages
• Added Channel Islands and Isle of Man
• World-clock: now sortable
4.4
2017-02-10
• Maps: enhanced zoom for shaded relief layer
• Lists: keeping of last scroll position
• World-clock: now sortable
• Advanced search added, search by capital city, iso, dial code …
• Maps: updated maps for small countries and islands
• Maps: enhanced performance for zoom and pan
• Quiz: improved game play and optimized user interface
• Quiz: fixed bug in the mountain quiz
4.3
2016-12-20
• Choropleth maps by area and population
• World-Explorer: new key figure average temperature
• Update of time zone data
• Enhanced regional position maps
• Country data: time series and chart for average temperature and religious affiliations
4.1
2016-09-29
• Learn where each country in the world is located. View its position highlighted on a digital globe.
• Countries data update for 2016
• Countries maps update now including neighbor countries and more details
• Additional regional position maps incl. marine region info
• Time series charts for gross domestic product (GDP) and unemployment rate added
• Distances and areas can now be displayed in kilometers or miles
• Info about voltage and plug types added
• Performance Enhancement for map display and zooming