Overture Map Data Now Available in BigQuery and Snowflake
Following the release of our first Beta release we are very happy to announce that, with support from CARTO, it is now possible to access all Overture data in Google...
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Overture Maps Foundation Releases Beta of Its First Open Map Dataset
Production-ready 1.0 version expected to unleash untold mapping services and product innovations SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — April 16, 2024 — The Overture Maps Foundation (Overture), a collaborative effort to enable current and next-generation interoperable...
Overture Data is in Beta!
We need your feedback Today, we announced the beta release of our global open map dataset, and we are excited to share it with the mapping community. Our data and...
Overture Buildings Theme Hits 2.3B Buildings With Addition of Google Open Buildings Data
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...
How TomTom turns open data into the Overture transportation layer: Road Sectioning
The content of this piece first appeared on TomTom’s Behind the Map Blog, and we are thankful for the opportunity to share it here with their consent. Full acknowledgment goes...
Enriching Overture Maps Data with GERS
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…
Building Interoperable Map Data, Adding Unique IDs
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...
Webinar Recap – Working With Overture Data: A Step-by-Step Guide
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...
Overture Maps Foundation Releases Its First World-Wide Open Map Dataset
Initial dataset establishes a baseline for four important layers of open map data, including newly released open data for nearly 60 million places worldwide.
Overture Maps Previews Data Schema and Reference System
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...
