We are excited to continue growing our Buildings dataset in Overture’s latest release (Overture 2023-12-14-alpha.0). This release includes over 2.3B buildings, up from 1.4B last month, thanks to the addition...
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This week, Overture Maps released its second version of open map data. One of the important new features in this release is the introduction of Global Entity Reference System (GERS) IDs. GERS IDs have been assigned to over 1.6 million building footprints across several cities in North America, South America, and Europe. GERS is a…
The goal of the Overture Maps Foundation is to build interoperable open map data for anyone needing enterprise-quality map data to build map services. To make that happen, the highest...
Overture Maps recently hosted an informative webinar titled “Working With Overture Data: A Step-by-Step Guide” featuring a core member of the Overture team – Jennings Anderson, Ph.D., Research Scientist at...
Initial dataset establishes a baseline for four important layers of open map data, including newly released open data for nearly 60 million places worldwide.
The Overture Maps team previewed two important documents today: the Overture Data Schema that outlines how the open map data will be structured and the Overture Global Entity Reference System, a stable...
On Wednesday, May 3rd, Overture Maps Foundation executives and members will join the National Geospatial Institute at the Geospatial World Forum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, to discuss “A New Model...
Last December, we announced the formation of the Overture Maps Foundation. It marked the start of a process to enlist a growing community of map data users to build an...
The Overture Maps Foundation, a community-driven initiative to create an open map dataset, has unveiled a pre-release of its latest iteration.
