With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first ...
From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.
Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of ...
A first-ever 3D model of the Rano Raraku quarry lets anyone examine Easter Island’s iconic statue workshop in vivid detail.
Zhu noted that the map introduces a new metric called building volume per capita, a global indicator that measures total building mass per individual and highlights social and economic disparities ...
GlobalBuildingAtlas: an open global and complete dataset of building polygons, heights and LoD1 3D models“. Earth System Science Data (ESSD). DOI: 10.5194/essd-17-6647-2025 ...
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.
For the first time, researchers have assembled a complete digital picture of the world’s built environment, mapping every ...
Aechelon Technology, Inc. ("Aechelon"), the leading provider of advanced geospatial and visual simulation solutions, today ...
Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were ...
Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of the most remote ...