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.

For most of human history, maps have flattened the world. Cities appeared as outlines, buildings as blocks of colour, and entire neighbourhoods were reduced to symbols on paper or screens. That ...

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

Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...

Spatial intelligence is an emerging approach to deploying AI in the physical world. By combining mapping data with artificial intelligence, it aims to deliver “smart data” tied to specific ...

Deep beneath the French countryside, a set of faint engravings on a cave floor is forcing archaeologists to rethink when ...

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 ...