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

Using satellite data since 2019, researchers have created a map featuring nearly three billion buildings around the world.

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

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

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.

Imagine the scene: You’re driving in an unfamiliar city and use Google Maps on your iPhone to get directions to your next meeting. But you don’t just want to know how to get from point A to point B.

As technologies have evolved over millennia, so have the ways in which we’ve mapped the world. But the reasons we map remain the same. From geographic discovery, exploration, and storytelling to the ...

BERLIN, 7th December, 2025 (WAM) -- Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, produced the most comprehensive digital representation of the world’s built environment by compiling a ...

Researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin. Researchers have discovered what may be the ...

Astronomers have detected over 5,800 confirmed exoplanets. One extreme class is ultra-hot Jupiters, of particular interest because they can provide a unique window into planetary atmospheric dynamics.