A database of 2.75 billion buildings could help scientists to monitor urban planning, climate change, disaster risks and even ...

Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...

"My concern is that social media surveillance can invisibly facilitate a type of second-class citizenship," a legal expert ...

Physical maps might feel out of date in our smartphone and GPS age but maps aren’t just for navigation. They are windows into ...

Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only ...

States are contributing a much higher level of conflict.

Around the world, trail designers are quietly employing surprising techniques to engineer awe. You’ve probably felt it ...

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.

Maps feel simple at first glance, but every now and then one forces you to pause and look again. The maps in this list play ...

A team of Germany-based researchers recently unveiled GlobalBuildingAtlas, which is likely the most detailed 3D map of buildings ever developed. Introduced earlier this month, the database ...

Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.