How would you go about identifying usable land that suits your building tastes? [Scott Sexton] was specifically looking for land that’s not too steep to build on, and realized that existing resources ...

Google is planning to sell new mapping APIs that would allow companies to build products that use energy and environmental data. The company has data on over 350 million buildings, according to ...

Nations worldwide are increasingly embracing solar power as an alternative electricity source for homes, buildings, and even the grid. Since 2008, installed solar capacity in the United States alone ...

Getting a solid GPS location in a city can be tough thanks to all the tall buildings. Skyscrapers reflect the GPS signal and can make your location data go crazy, but now, Google says it can correct ...

Think about it: Maps are fundamental to human evolution, exploration, innovation. Since the first maps were drawn up in the 5th and 6th centuries BCE, we have used them to guide ourselves across land, ...