04.12.2025
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World’s First Complete 3D Model of All Buildings Released
TUM News
A research team led by MCML PI Xiaoxiang Zhu has released the GlobalBuildingAtlas, the first global high-resolution 3D model of all buildings on Earth.
Based on 2019 satellite data, the atlas includes more than 2.75 billion buildings worldwide. It offers a ground-breaking spatial resolution of 3×3 meters, providing up to 30 times more detail than previous global datasets. Over 97% of all buildings are available as standardized LoD1 3D models, enabling precise analyses of urbanization, infrastructure, disaster response, and climate-impact scenarios.
The GlobalBuildingAtlas marks a major step forward for open science and global-scale geospatial analysis, offering unprecedented data quality for researchers, policymakers, and planners.
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