Imagine the scene: You’re driving in an unfamiliar city and use Google Maps on your iPhone to get directions to your next meeting. But you don’t just want to know how to get from point A to point B.

As technologies have evolved over millennia, so have the ways in which we’ve mapped the world. But the reasons we map remain the same. From geographic discovery, exploration, and storytelling to the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Techtree Innovation has launched AROUND, a high-precision, high-resolution 3D geospatial map platform designed to improve the quality and accuracy of existing 3D maps. According to the company, AROUND ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have unveiled the ...

Scientists using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument have unveiled the largest 3D map of the universe ever. The results suggest that dark energy, the mysterious force pulling the universe apart, ...

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.

Niantic wants to build a richer 3D map of the world, and it’ll use its 2021 acquisition of Scaniverse to do that. After a major update to the app, Scaniverse 4 will allow iOS users to scan landmarks ...