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.

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions suggest.

An example of 3D mapping produced by LiDAR. Image credit: Nuview. Clouds and darkness: These are the two challenges that bedevil every Earth observation (EO) satellite that relies on visible light ...

A "radically different" flat map of the Earth has been produced by scientists who say it is more accurate than any previous 2D models that came before. The two-sided map is made up of two circles ...

Far beneath the waves of the southwest Pacific, scientists have finished charting a landmass so large and so coherent that it ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon State University have completed a mammoth project to create a 3-D map of electromagnetic energy in the Earth's crust across the continental U.S. What began as ...

Scouring the corners of Google Earth and Maps has become an interesting way for people to explore the planet, and sometimes they come across the most unexpected finds. From random snapshots of humans ...