From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

A database of 2.75 billion buildings could help scientists to monitor urban planning, climate change, disaster risks and even ...

The map is called the GlobalBuildingAtlas, and you can access it online now. Compared to previous databases of this type, ...

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.

Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, created the most comprehensive digital representation of the world’s man-made ...

It’s time to add another treasure to our folder of enlightening scientific visualizations, which has grown thick over the past few years thanks in large part to researchers attempting to understand ...

Google Earth VR on Meta Quest 3 lets you explore the entire planet right from your virtual reality headset. Instead of just ...

Google Map’s Street View technology now plays a significant role in Google Maps as part of the new version 6 of the mapping software. Google Earth version 6 was released Monday giving new meaning to ...

NUVIEW's satellite constellation will use LiDAR to create its 3D maps, which could prove beneficial to farmers and urban planners. Reading time 2 minutes Satellites flying overhead in Earth’s orbit ...

A side-by-side comparison of Google's newly-refreshed Google Earth for iOS appears to yield inferior results when compared to the beta version of Apple's upcoming iOS 6 Maps app. While Google Earth ...

ALBAWABA - For the first time in history, people are able to view all buildings on Earth in high quality via a new 3D map that was developed by German s ...

Zhu noted that the map introduces a new metric called building volume per capita, a global indicator that measures total building mass per individual and highlights social and economic disparities ...