Overture

lastmod 2023-08-01created 2023-08-012 edits

Building open map data

Features

• Meta, MS, AWS, and TomTom launched the Overture Foundation as part of a Linux Foundation Project to develop open map data
• Interpreted as a move to break free from Google Maps' dominance
• Aims to release a dataset within the first half of 2023
• Need to watch how it will tie in with the existing OpenStreetMap?

See also

• OpenStreetMap

Favorite site

• Overture Foundation launches to build open map data | GeekNews
  • [Original] Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation to develop interoperable open map data | TechCrunch
• Overture Maps Foundation, its first ma since launch | GeekNews
  • [Original] Overture July 2023 Alpha Release Notes – Overture Maps Foundation