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3.8.2
Current Version
11
Platform Apps
40
Releases
152
Total Changes
63
Major Updates
460
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11 applications — economies, history, maps, AI, crypto, sports, music, movies, religion, food & more

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3.8.2 Major
Mar 15, 2026
Data (4)

Content Enrichment Across Apps

Added 166 new Wikipedia-sourced articles across World History (+30), Sports (+22), Music (+20), Food (+10 articles + 80 data), Religion (+24).

World Economies Data Expansion

Added 780 new records + updated 243: GDP, inflation, unemployment, trade, reserves, external debt, FDI, Gini index from World Bank and REST Countries.

World Meters Data Expansion

Added 395 new records: population density, birth/death/fertility rates, life expectancy, urban population %, infant mortality, and more from World Bank.

Comprehensive App Data Scraper

New deploy_update/scrape_all_apps.php enriches all 11 affiliate apps with data from REST Countries, World Bank (21 indicators), and Wikipedia (country-specific articles).

4 changes
3.8.0
Mar 14, 2026
Data

World AI countries data updated from World Bank API

Updated worldai affiliate_data with 1,394 records from World Bank API covering internet users, mobile subscriptions, patent applications, high-tech exports, and secure internet servers.

1 change
3.6.0 Major
Mar 14, 2026
Data (2)

Expanded World Bank Military Indicators

Expanded World Bank military indicators from 1 to 5 in EditionBuilder.

Military Data Population System

New standalone import script (populate_military_data.php) fetches military data from World Bank API (5 indicators) and GlobalFirepower (60+ data points per country). Inserts 796+ World Bank records across 169 countries.

2 changes
3.4.6
Feb 14, 2026
Data

Rankings Updated to 2024

World rankings now use the 2024 CIA World Factbook edition as the default data source.

1 change
3.4.0 Major
Feb 14, 2026
Data (3)

10 New HathiTrust Text Archive Files

Cleaned text files for 1981, 1983-1989, 1998, and 1999 editions copied to /data/archives/hathitrust/. Automatically available in the HathiTrust Reader, Download Center, and Resource Library. SQL backup files generated for each year in /data/import/.

Country Name Aliasing for Historical Editions

Comprehensive alias map resolving 50+ historical country names to current database entries. Covers Cold War-era names (USSR, East/West Germany, Yugoslavia), colonial names (Zaire, Rhodesia, Burma), and format-specific variants (comma-inverted names like "Korea, North").

Import 10 Historical Text Editions (1981-1989, 1998-1999)

New import script process_other_archives.php parses CIA World Factbook text editions from Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg. Supports three parser modes: OCR (1981, 1983-1989), Gutenberg98 with @Country:Section markers (1998), and Gutenberg with ====== separators (1999). Imported 124,630 records across 1,754 country-editions.

3 changes
3.0.0 Major
Feb 8, 2026
Data

Learning Platform Database Schema

Added 9 new database tables for Learning Paths and Classroom features: learning_paths, learning_lessons, user_path_enrollment, user_lesson_progress, classrooms, classroom_students, classroom_assignments, assignment_submissions, classroom_discussions. Seeded 8 learning paths with 36 lessons containing rich educational content.

1 change
1.2.0 Major
Feb 1, 2025
Data

Historical Editions Import

33 editions imported (1990-2024) with 1,400,719 total records. Timeline viewer for historical data comparison.

1 change

World Factbook Assistant

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