A database of 2.75 billion buildings could help scientists to monitor urban planning, climate change, disaster risks and even ...
From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.
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.
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First high-resolution 3D map covering all of Earth’s 2.75 billion buildings unveiled
Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, created the most comprehensive digital representation of the world’s man-made ...
With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first ...
Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...
A team of Germany-based researchers recently unveiled GlobalBuildingAtlas, which is likely the most detailed 3D map of buildings ever developed. Introduced earlier this month, the database ...
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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 ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
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 ...
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