The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) thinks that today's computer maps of the Earth are inaccurate for its needs. So it recently awarded a grant to a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...

Lockheed Martin’s Hydra Fusion Tools drone software now enables drones to form three dimensional terrain maps as they fly, providing real-time tactical information and mapping data for conflict or ...

Google Maps continues to crank out the updates; the default map view has been updated with new shading detail to convey terrain information, along with color gradations to depict vegetation and labels ...

Google has announced a new mode called Terrain for Google Maps which lets you see relief maps of 3D terrain. This is a very useful mode if you are going hiking, mountain biking, skiing, etc. in rough ...

Want a better Google Maps experience? Enabling this small feature and your journeys could start instantly feeling the ...

Antarctica has become the best-mapped continent on Earth with a new high-resolution terrain map showing the ice-covered landmass in unprecedented detail. The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica ...