• New 3D tri-axial ellipsoid shape with lighting
• 2D map: fling gesture and zoom-to-cursor
• Smoother shadows: per-device tuning, no flicker on multi-window views
• Sightline: self-shadowing and correct directional rendering
• Faster redraws from background threads
• Fixes: placemark drift on vertical exaggeration, shape blinking, stuck 2D pan, surface-shape picking, COLLADA/glTF tutorials