IFLScience on MSN

This brilliant map has 3D models of nearly every single building in the world - all 2.75 billion of them

Google Maps has got fresh competition. Using machine learning, computer engineers have developed an interactive map that ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

Biggest Global Map of Its Kind Captures 2.75 Billion Buildings in 3D

The map is called the GlobalBuildingAtlas, and you can access it online now. Compared to previous databases of this type, ...
KGW8

This searchable map can display any building's carbon footprint

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — If you knew the amount of carbon dioxide that was produced in the construction and operation of a building, your building, would it change where you chose to live? Work? Invest?
WHYY

Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help

As part of an effort to address aging buildings, the Philadelphia district says a new interactive map will help communities learn more about local schools. Aging infrastructure has been an issue for ...
GIM International

Models of all the world’s buildings now available in an interactive 3D map

The open-data GlobalBuildingAtlas is the first high-resolution 3D map of 2.75 billion buildings worldwide. Derived from satellite imagery by ...

Scientists mapped 2.75 billion buildings in 3D, and you can find your home in this interactive map

For most of human history, maps have flattened the world. Cities appeared as outlines, buildings as blocks of colour, and ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Lead identified in water fixtures of 100+ UNC campus buildings. This map shows where.

As UNC-Chapel Hill continues to test for lead in campus water, The News & Observer has created an interactive map to help readers track the buildings where detectable levels of the toxic metal are ...