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

A team of Germany-based researchers recently unveiled GlobalBuildingAtlas, which is likely the most detailed 3D map of ...

Network-wide traffic flow, which represents the dynamic traffic volumes on each link of a road network, is fundamental to smart cities. However, the ...

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face ...

New research led by the University of St Andrews has created the most comprehensive maps to date of the distribution of gray ...

For most of human history, maps have flattened the world. Cities appeared as outlines, buildings as blocks of colour, and entire neighbourhoods were reduced to symbols on paper or screens. That ...

The map is called the GlobalBuildingAtlas, and you can access it online now. Compared to previous databases of this type, such as the Microsoft Building Footprint database, it offers information on ...

Dimapur, Nagaland’s commercial heart, is often described in metrics: population density, rising temperatures, pollution levels, waste generation.

The county commission has rejected a plan to develop a 72-house neighborhood off Southwest 80th Street between On Top of the ...

Reeling from a cyclone that may have erased a chunk of its population, the Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has added two ultra-private villas at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea to his growing real-estate portfolio. From a ...