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A new 3D mapping project aims to improve on GPS' limitations. Project Orbion will capture and refresh data about Earth, fast. The technology could have uses in government, business, and more. Move ...

The flagship product of the collaboration is Site3D, a 3D point cloud map of Earth’s surface. Credit: Array Labs Array Labs, Umbra Space and Raytheon have signed a partnership to speed up 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, ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, and Marble Visions Inc., a provider of advanced Earth observation(EO) satellite services, today announce that Marble ...

Researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin. Researchers have discovered what may be the ...

A new 3D map can take you 4,000 light years from the sun–without leaving Earth. This first-of-its kind project from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia mission encompasses over 44 million stars, ...

Maxar and Ecopia mapped buildings, roads and land cover footprints across Reynosa, Mexico, on the southern border. With these vectors, authorities can establish a trusted “before” picture of the town, ...

Hot spots and tunnels to neighboring "superbubbles" seem to have been created by supernovas and infant star outbursts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Astronomers already had a good idea of what these nurseries looked like while peering at them from Earth, but how they looked from other ... scientists made a 3D map of these regions. Now, anyone can ...