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Development progress & changelog
3.8.2
Current Version
11
Platform Apps
40
Releases
152
Total Changes
63
Major Updates
460
Days Active
Platform Apps
11 applications — economies, history, maps, AI, crypto, sports, music, movies, religion, food & more
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| Version | Change | Category | Impact | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8.2 |
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).
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Data | Minor | Mar 15, 2026 |
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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.
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Data | Minor | Mar 15, 2026 | |
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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.
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Data | Minor | Mar 15, 2026 | |
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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).
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Data | Major | Mar 15, 2026 | |
| 3.8.0 |
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.
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Data | Minor | Mar 14, 2026 |
| 3.6.0 |
Expanded World Bank Military Indicators
Expanded World Bank military indicators from 1 to 5 in EditionBuilder.
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Data | Minor | Mar 14, 2026 |
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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.
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Data | Major | Mar 14, 2026 | |
| 3.4.6 |
Rankings Updated to 2024
World rankings now use the 2024 CIA World Factbook edition as the default data source.
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Data | Minor | Feb 14, 2026 |
| 3.4.0 |
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/.
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Data | Minor | Feb 14, 2026 |
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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").
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Data | Minor | Feb 14, 2026 | |
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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.
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Data | Major | Feb 14, 2026 | |
| 3.0.0 |
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.
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Data | Major | Feb 8, 2026 |
| 1.2.0 |
Historical Editions Import
33 editions imported (1990-2024) with 1,400,719 total records. Timeline viewer for historical data comparison.
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Data | Major | Feb 1, 2025 |