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97% of Earth's buildings are mapped in 3D

development2026-01-03

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The GlobalBuildingAtlas mapped 97% of Earth's structures in 3D, producing a 2.75-billion-building digital twin.

Reported metric: 2.75B buildings

Reporting date: 2026-01-03 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 3, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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97% of Earth's buildings are mapped in 3D
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-01-03
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-03-globalbuildingatlas-97pct
Claim: The GlobalBuildingAtlas mapped 97% of Earth's structures in 3D, producing a 2.75-billion-building digital twin.
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- Welcome to January 3, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-3-2026
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