SAN DIEGO — Picture this: A powerful laser system in space, scanning Earth over and over again. That’s exactly what a team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography is building after being selected ...

Microsoft’s geospatial data service is designed to help research projects using public satellite and sensor information.

You're soon going to have a new reason to use Apple Maps. Apple is adding a new feature to its mapping app that builds on iOS' existing 3D "flyover" tours of cities around the world. Now, instead of ...

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In 1739, long before anyone reached Antarctica, Philippe Buache published a map that appeared to show the continent without its ice. The map even split the landmass with a central sea, a feature some ...