A further update. Water contours, labelling, a few minor tweaks (thanks @Loopysue ) and this all but done, well as done as it's going to get for the challenge.

And let's not forget, there's more than one hemisphere! People also live and thrive below the tropic of capricorn as well, Aboriginies, Aztecs, Myans to name a few...Give the south some love people!

Hi All,

Here is an update. I narrowed the rivers a little, 7 miles wide seemed a bit too much...added some terrain colouring and the jungle in the tropical portion as well as some settlements here and there.

Hi Folks,

A bit more work this afternoon. Starting to look more like a map than a psychiatrists tool now...

Well, doing the whole SVG-DXF thing was a disaster, so I just imported a JPEG version and traced it.

Here's an update: