Might be done at some point
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1. Add a topography layer, based e.g. on the publicly available data
   GTOPO30: ftp://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/gtopo30/global/
   GLOBE: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/gltiles.shtml
   ETOPO2: ftp://topex.ucsd.edu/pub/global_topo_2min/
2. Add day & night shadowing as in sunclock


Already done
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1. Highly compressed (and easy to access) version of the CIA World Data Bank II
2. Detailed data about world cities (>19000) and various locations
3. National flags
4. Mountain peaks (approximately 850 peaks currently available)
5. Integration of more substantial data about countries (currencies, 
   telephone codes, hymns, national anthems, etc)
6. Integration of the CIA World Factbook
   http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
7. Improved search routines and user interaction
8. Advanced printing utility
9. Possibility to edit the maps from within Xrmap
10.Some routines to manipulate/update the WDB2 vector data.