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.
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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 ...

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 ...
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Google Maps Rival to Get Photorealistic Maps With High-Resolution Satellite Images

TomTom is currently one of the industry leaders whenever it comes to geolocation technology and mapping solutions, so the company is constantly looking to improve its services with data that makes ...
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Why resolution of aerial imagery matters

With high-resolution imagery comes the ability to model reality, creating real-life visualizations for engineers, planners, construction teams and many others. A quantum leap in computing capacity has ...

Degraded peatlands emit nearly twice as much greenhouse gas as previously thought, study finds

For the first time, researchers have produced a detailed, high-resolution map of peatlands in the EU, showing that these ...
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First high-resolution 3D map of Earth’s 2.75 billion buildings unveiled

Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, produced the most comprehensive digital representation of the world’s built environment by compiling a high-resolution, three-dimensional dataset ...