The American Earth-observation company Vantor is now mapping Earth from space in 3D, and the images are stunning.

Google Street View eat your heart out: An MIT-built quadrocopter uses Microsoft Kinect, and some smart odometry algorithms, to fly around a room and spit out a 3D map of the environment. The drone ...

Getting around unfamiliar public spaces can be tough even with all your senses, but if you can't see where you're going it's downright intimidating. A new multi-sensory model promises a brighter ...

My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about absolutely anything if I can connect it to technology (I can). I’ve been at PCMag since 2011 and have covered the surveillance ...

Mobile LiDAR-equipped trucks have been scanning streets in Guelph to create a detailed 3D "digital twin" of urban trees and ...

"If you put those together, you can get a 3D map of the temperatures in this atmosphere." The new view confirmed spectroscopically distinct regions—differing in temperature and possibly in chemical ...

This is a DIY electronics project article that teaches readers how to build a low-cost 3D LiDAR mapping system using a ...

Unlike Apple's iOS 6 Maps, which target relatively low powered mobile devices, the new 3D features in Google Maps that were introduced last week require a modern PC ...

Nokia has unveiled a 3D map of Gotham City ahead of the release of The Dark Knight Rises later this month. Nokia has unveiled a 3D map of Gotham City ahead of the ...

Microsoft is cleaning house at Bing, dropping one feature completely, while dropping the need for the company's Silverlight browser plug-in to use the other. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior Writer Josh ...