If you've ever wondered what the elevation of your location is, you can find out with Google Maps on both desktop and mobile.

This is pretty nifty: a new elevation map of the Earth has just been released by NASA and Japan. It’s a “significantly improved” version of one that came out in 2009. It uses Japan’s ASTER, the ...

Ever wonder how designers make models in 3D? Check out this free program from Google that lets you create, view and edit 3D plans quickly and easily. Jessica Dolcourt VP, Content Operations and ...

The U.S. and Japan on June 29 jointly released the most extensive digital topographic map of the Earth ever created, based on measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft. According to NASA, the new map ...

NASA and Japan released an improved version of a digital topographic map Oct. 17 that was produced with measurements from NASA’s Terra Earth-observing satellite. The map, known as the global digital ...