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.

How many buildings are on our planet? Roughly 2.75 billion, as captured by a team from the Technical University of Munich.

Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, created the most comprehensive digital representation of the world’s man-made ...

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

Last week Nathan Weinberg wrote at his InsideGoogle blog comparing Google Earth’s 3D model of the Miami SuperBowl Stadium verses the one in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth 3D (VE3D). He made some pretty ...

Google is rolling out an invigorated version of Google Earth, the app that lets you explore the globe from as up close or as far as you please. In addition to aerial and street views, Google Earth has ...

Planet Earth 3D (for iPad) is an Earth science educational app that provides an overview of our planet, its oceans, continents, and ecosystems, its internal structure and atmosphere, its rotation (and ...

Since this blog is obviously focused on Google Earth, I have not devoted a great deal of attention to Microsoft’s new competing product: Virtual Earth and, specifically, Virtual Earth 3D (VE3D).

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

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earth 3D is an interactive, educational app in the Windows Store that delivers an interactive ...

Supergeo Technologies, a provider of complete GIS software and solutions, has released SuperGIS 3D Earth Server 3.2 to assist enterprises in managing, integrating, publishing and displaying geographic ...