From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

A few months ago, the Commerce Department made a small change that has big ramifications for Google Maps, private industry, and privacy advocates. Regulators gave a satellite company called ...

Google could soon add satellite connectivity features to Maps. Google Maps beta v11.125 has strings of code suggesting you’ll be able to update you location via satellite every 15 minutes, five times ...

It is important to remember that remote-sensing tools like the one developed in this study cannot replace the field survey in ...

Choosing a Google Maps alternative isn’t easy, especially when you’re specifically looking for a certain feature to help you during navigation. For example, if you’re interested in satellite maps – ...

A gravity gradient model of the central Indian Ocean shows the junction of the African tectonic plate (left), the Indo-Australian plate (right) and the Antarctic plate (bottom). Credit: Scripps ...

Yahoo’s been in the mapping business longer than a lot of companies. But the Sunnyvale company has let its competitors leapfrog it in one key area – satellite imagery. That’s finally changed. Yahoo’s ...

While the concept of “deepfakes,” or AI-generated synthetic imagery, has been decried primarily in connection with involuntary depictions of people, the technology is dangerous (and interesting) in ...

When disasters like hurricanes or fires strike, satellite imagery can be a great way for responders to get a sense for what is needed on the ground without actually being on the ground. And the more ...

Journalists from the Skhemy investigative project have created a map of the Ukrainian defence forces' strikes on Russia's fuel and military-industrial facilities and analysed the aftermath using ...