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Scientists created biggest and most detailed 3D map ever

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

Giant 3D map shows almost every building in the world

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

All the world's buildings available as 3D models for urban and climate research

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

Scientists just released a map of all 2.75 billion buildings on Earth, in 3D

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

Literally a Map Showing All the Buildings in the World

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.

Machine learning just helped researchers create the biggest 3D map of buildings around the world

A team of Germany-based researchers recently unveiled GlobalBuildingAtlas, which is likely the most detailed 3D map of ...
Fast Company

AI researchers want to map the 3D world. That means going vertical—and possibly nuclear

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 ...
Geeky Gadgets

3D illuminated and luminous wall world map

The design team at Enjoy The Wood has returned to Kickstarter to launch their newer luminous coloured wooden wall world map, which has already raised over $400,000 thanks to nearly 2,500 backers with ...
Forbes

The Future Of Maps Is Immersive

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 ...