Overture Maps Foundation Explained
The Overture Maps Foundation is an open data mapping collaboration, launched in mid-December 2022 under the auspices of the Linux Foundation. Its stated mission is "powering current and next-generation map products by creating reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data." Overture founding members were Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom.[1] [2] [3]
The Overture project is intended to be complementary to the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap project, and the foundation encourages members to contribute data directly to the OSM project.[4]
Data will be released under the Community Database License Agreement – Permissive v2, unless required otherwise by licensing conflicts.
Releases
In April 2024, the Foundation released the first version of its dataset, as part of a beta test of its service.[5] The data is available in GeoParquet format via Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.[6]
The schema for the system is still under development.
Notes and References
- Web site: Sawers . Paul . 2022-12-15 . Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation to develop interoperable open map data . 2022-12-16 . MSN . en-US . 2022-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216093837/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/meta-microsoft-aws-and-tomtom-launch-the-overture-maps-foundation-to-develop-interoperable-open-map-data/ar-AA15iVuh . live .
- Web site: Plumb . Taryn . 2022-12-15 . Creating the ultimate smart map with new map data initiative launched by Linux Foundation . 2022-12-16 . VentureBeat . en-US . 2022-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216093840/https://venturebeat.com/virtual/creating-the-ultimate-smart-map-with-new-map-data-initiative-launched-by-linux-foundation/ . live .
- Web site: Linux Foundation Announces Overture Maps Foundation to Build Interoperable Open Map Data . 2022-12-16 . finance.yahoo.com . en-US . 2022-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216093833/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/linux-foundation-announces-overture-maps-110000418.html . live .
- Web site: FAQ – Overture Maps Foundation . 2022-12-16 . en-US . 2022-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216095116/https://overturemaps.org/resources/faq/ . live .
- Web site: Lardinois . Frederic . 2024-04-16 . Overture Maps Foundation releases the first beta of its open map dataset . 2024-04-17 . TechCrunch . en-US.
- Web site: Overture 2024-04-16-beta.0 Release Notes – Overture Maps Foundation . 2024-04-17 . en-US.