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Overture Maps Foundation Releases Its First World-Wide Open Map Dataset (backed by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, TomTom)

Overture Maps Foundation Releases Its First World-Wide Open Map Dataset – Overture Maps Foundation

https://overturemaps.org/overture-maps-foundation-releases-first-world-wide-open-map-dataset/

The Overture Maps Foundation (OMF) is a collaborative effort by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom "to enable current and next-generation interoperable open map products". This is their first open map dataset.

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ijeff

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I'd just also make a plug for OpenStreetMap, which is entirely community-driven and based on fully open data.

PrivateOnions

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inspector

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I add it through their web interface. I signed up several years ago, but I spent 2020 and 2021 updating OSM for my city to be as good as Google Maps for major places, posting their open and close times, better pin placement and such.

pgetsos

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For Poiets of Interest, check Every Door. You can find it easily, helps verifying if POIs still exist and add new ones very easily

StreetComplete is also awesome but meant for other data. I use both

ijeff

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Here's one option on F-Droid: https://www.f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete

Im28xwa

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Tried it once a couple of years ago and now I'm interested in giving it another shot

jcarax

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I think this is relevant: https://xkcd.com/927/

I guess OSM is too open for them? Or maybe OSM didn't want to give in to corporate demands.

drkt

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OSM is very strict about verifiability of data. It is speculated that Overture is (because it also uses OSM data) meant to contain a lot more data that isn't as strictly verifiable. Think AI generated building footprints.

jcarax

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Ah, that's actually pretty cool if it's sufficiently open. OSM is pretty lacking where I am, and I know, I can contribute to it, but I really don't have the capacity to figure that all out right now.