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Scientists just released a map of all 2.75 billion buildings on Earth, in 3D

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

All the world's buildings available as 3D models for urban and climate research

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first ...
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All the world's buildings available as 3D models for the first time

GlobalBuildingAtlas: an open global and complete dataset of building polygons, heights and LoD1 3D models“. Earth System Science Data (ESSD). DOI: 10.5194/essd-17-6647-2025 ...