CNG Conference 2025 brings together the cloud-native geospatial community to share and discuss the latest advancements and emerging trends in geospatial data. Hear from experts in cloud-native technology on the advancements in data standards, formats and trends. Learn from others on how to leverage new capabilities to expand your organization’s geospatial capabilities.| Overture Maps Foundation
Overture is collaborating with the OpenTravel Alliance (OTA), which recently joined the Linux Foundation and Overture as a member, to solve a long-standing challenge in the travel industry: data interoperability. For years, the travel sector has struggled to standardize location data for hotels, attractions, and other points of interest across a complex ecosystem of providers. The post Overture and the OpenTravel Alliance: Enabling the Future of Travel with Open Data appeared first on Overtur...| Overture Maps Foundation
Imagine your business information seamlessly integrated into maps and location services used by billions of people worldwide. This isn't a future vision; it's the reality Overture Maps is creating today, powered by collaborative, open data. The post Reaching Billions with Up-To-Date Places Information in Overture appeared first on Overture Maps Foundation.| Overture Maps Foundation
The second annual Overture Member Summit recently brought together more than a hundred people from 30 member organizations in Charleston for three days of collaboration and progress. The energy throughout the event was remarkable, with members engaged in early morning sessions to late-night discussions about everything from Brussels sprouts to map data. It's this blending of personal connection and technical collaboration that makes our community special and effective. The post Overture Membe...| Overture Maps Foundation
Why We Chose GeoParquet: Breaking Down Data Silos at Overture Maps| Overture Maps Foundation
CNG Conference 2025 brings together the cloud-native geospatial community to share and discuss the latest advancements and emerging trends in geospatial data. Hear from experts in cloud-native technology on the advancements in data standards, formats and trends. Learn from others on how to leverage new capabilities to expand your organization’s geospatial capabilities.| Overture Maps Foundation
Geospatial World Forum 2025 will take place from April 22-25, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. Join industry leaders, innovators, and geospatial professionals to experience what’s next in collaborative mapping, open data...| Overture Maps Foundation
How Precisely's Data Link program connects data from leading providers via unique ID systems, including GERS, to eliminate the "conflation tax" and unlock instant access to enriched location intelligence Precisely,…| Overture Maps Foundation
Today, Overture Maps Foundation announced the general availability of the Global Entity Reference System (GERS). GERS provides common, open, accessible IDs for geospatial entities like buildings, places, and roads, making... The post Understanding Overture’s Global Entity Reference System appeared first on Overture Maps Foundation.| Overture Maps Foundation
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Unique IDs make it easier and cheaper to attach data to geospatial entities, such as buildings, streets, places, etc. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—June 25, 2025 — The Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative... The post Overture Maps Launches GERS, a Global Standard for Interoperable Geospatial IDs, to Drive Data Interoperability appeared first on Overture Maps Foundation.| Overture Maps Foundation
How Precisely’s Data Link program connects data from leading providers via unique ID systems, including GERS, to eliminate the “conflation tax” and unlock instant access to enriched location intelligence Precisely,...| Overture Maps Foundation
The geospatial industry faces a critical challenge: we're drowning in data but starving for efficient ways to use it. A recent panel at GeoBuiz 2025 revealed how open map data collaboration might be the solution we need.| Overture Maps Foundation
Meta, one of the founding members of Overture Maps Foundation, has successfully transitioned its suite of global basemaps used across apps such as Facebook and Instagram to Overture’s base data...| Overture Maps Foundation
Albi Wiedersberg was just named VP of Product Management at the Overture Maps Foundation, where he’ll extend his existing work on meeting user, partner and member needs. The creation of the VP of product role continues Overture’s focus on filling out executive ranks in its third year of operation as it looks to scale rapidly in terms of members, partners, data providers, and more. We spoke to Albi about where he sees Overture’s product focus in the coming year.| Overture Maps Foundation
Overture Maps Foundation (Overture) was formed in December 2022 to address a pressing need for reliable, interoperable open map data. The vision was intentionally huge and transformative for the mapping...| Overture Maps Foundation
This effort demonstrates what’s possible when organizations come together to solve shared challenges. It reflects the core of Overture’s mission: building open, reusable infrastructure to enable the best maps—not for one organization but for everyone.| Overture Maps Foundation
Overture Maps Foundation (Overture) was established two years ago to create reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data for both commercial and non-commercial purposes. Several data themes were launched, including...| Overture Maps Foundation
The Overture Maps Foundation has four tiers of membership to suit anyone wanting to join in the effort to build open map data. Participation in working groups is open, however we expect that members will be active contributors to open data, technology, development time, or financial resources that can be used to move faster. Greater levels of contribution gives participants more influence over the direction and priorities of the project and working groups.| Overture Maps Foundation
In early December, the OGC@30 Anniversary Celebration and OGC Innovation Days DC 2024 brought together geospatial experts from government, industry, and academia under the theme Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Futures....| Overture Maps Foundation
The Overture Maps Foundation recently participated in the Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) All Member Meeting in Berlin, where Amy Rose, Technical Director, and Albi Wiedersberg, Product & Partnerships Director, presented...| Overture Maps Foundation
On July 24, Overture put out its first version of the Address Theme. This initial release included open address data for 14 countries for a total of just over 200 million address records. That’s about 10% of the world's population, so there’s a long way to go…but it is a great start. The Address Theme now joins Overture’s other open datasets which include Transportation, Places, Divisions, Buildings, and Base.| Overture Maps Foundation
The Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to enable current and next-generation interoperable open map services and products, today announced the General Availability (GA) of several of its global open maps datasets, paving the way for new and expanded use cases for a wide range of commercial mapping applications and geospatial analysis.| Overture Maps Foundation