<li> A coastline database (with 1/4 degree resolution)</li>
  <li> A global elevation database (1 degree resolution)</li>
  <li> Hooks into freely available high-resolution coastline and
bathymetry databases</li>
</ol>
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New in release 1.4f are<br>
<ol>
  <li>m_shaperead.m to read SHAPEFILES! (so <a href="http://www.naturalearthdata.com/">Natural Earth</a> can be
  used for political boundaries instead of DCW, among other opportunities) </li>
  <li>gshhs version 2 support</li>
  <li> partia