Longyearbyen, Norway, and Ushuaia, Argentina, offer travelers the opportunity to see unspoiled landscapes, rare wildlife, and vast glacial ice—along with a spirit of endurance and camaraderie.

For the first time, researchers have assembled a complete digital picture of the world’s built environment, mapping every recorded building on Earth in three dimensions. The GlobalBuildingAtlas, ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

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 ...

A first-ever 3D model of the Rano Raraku quarry lets anyone examine Easter Island’s iconic statue workshop in vivid detail.

Google Earth VR on Meta Quest 3 lets you explore the entire planet right from your virtual reality headset. Instead of just ...

Rano Raraku, a steep-sided crater on the southeastern coast of Rapa Nui (as locals call the island), was the heart of moai ...

It's part of a special project that's using new tech to help manage and protect forests, and is being tested in woodlands around 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.

A research team from Munich has created an immense dataset of all structures in the world. It is intended to help with urban ...

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first ...