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

For the first time, researchers have assembled a complete digital picture of the world’s built environment, mapping every ...

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.

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first ...

A Michigan Tech student’s 3D model of an iconic Upper Peninsula iron mine helps researchers visualize and measure the energy storage potential that awaits in abandoned hard-metal mines. Keweenaw ...

Imagine strapping on a virtual reality headset and 'walking' through a long-gone neighborhood in your city -- seeing the streets and buildings as they appeared decades ago. That's a very real ...

Apple's Machine Learning Research wing has developed a foundational AI model "for zero-shot metric monocular depth estimation." Depth Pro enables high-speed generation of detailed 3D depth maps from a ...

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 ...

Google has updated its Google Maps service with several 3D models of landmarks around the world, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Gherkin in London. There were already 3D models on Google ...

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Rano Raraku, a steep-sided crater on the southeastern coast of Rapa Nui (as locals call the island), was the heart of moai ...

A first-ever 3D model of the Rano Raraku quarry lets anyone examine Easter Island’s iconic statue workshop in vivid detail.