Location services, Overture Maps, Olympic Valley, economic development in East Palo Alto community. but opinions my own.
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One of the strengths of @OvertureMaps verture is the ability to put different organizations in the same room to develop collaborative models for building and improving data. This is a great example with zephyr.xyz and @mapillary.
Ever followed a map to a store, only to end up stranded in an empty parking lot?
Check out our latest blog by Albi Wiedersberg, VP of Product at Overture, to see how we together with Zephr are fixing this - anchoring map data to reality: bit.ly/4tJNA01
@bgurley has a very thoughtful piece on how open source can be used strategically by companies and industries. He gives several examples including @OvertureMaps. Thanks Bill!
A new @bgurley blog post!
I have been thinking about how sophisticated executives are using open source in super creative ways. Started writing this three years ago. Excited to finish it up and publish it! And with the new @p3institute brand.
substack.com/home/post/p-197…
Good summary of @OvertureMaps progress in its first three years.
Three years in, Overture Maps has moved from alpha to General Availability across most data themes.
Learn how open foundational datasets, cloud-native formats, and #GERS reduce the “conflation tax” and enable interoperable geospatial data.
Read: overturemaps.org/blog/2026/t…
This has been a really fun trip.
🎂 Overture Maps turns 3.
From a shared idea to open, interoperable base map data used in the real world. Grateful for the community that made it possible.💙
Curious about #OvertureMaps? Join us: hubs.la/Q03YcK4L0
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🗺️ Pain-free data integration with @OvertureMaps , GERS & @databricks
GERS adds consistent IDs for roads, places, and buildings, making it easier to join data across sources.
Learn how to use it in Databricks + CARTO: tinyurl.com/yeymrdk7
This is a big one…
Building better apps or doing more insightful analysis requires more data, but putting that data together is driving costs across the industry, what we call the “Conflation Tax”. We think open base layers and open IDs are the solution. See why here.
🚀 Overture’s GERS is now GA!
#GERS makes data sharing, onboarding, and joining easier via common, open, accessible IDs.
⏱️Cut data integration time & cost
🔓No vendor lock-in with open ecosystem
🧩Simple joins, not complex conflations
🔗 Learn more: hubs.la/Q03tzNjg0
The Overture Members Summit is my favorite event of my (work) year. I’m continuously impressed by this community.
Day 1 = ✅
From keynotes to hallway convos, Day 1 of the #OvertureMaps Member Summit reminded us why this community is so special. Thanks to everyone who showed up, spoke up, and made the day what it was.
Let’s do it all again tomorrow. 👏
#OvertureSummit
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📢 The first #OvertureMaps data release of 2025 is here.
This month’s highlights:
🏠 228.5M newly added buildings
🚗 4000 km of new roads from TomTom
📍 Expanded address datasets
Get our #opendata: hubs.la/Q033D_kr0
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📢 Overture 2024-11-13.0 is now available.
✅ Addresses: 66 new datasets + postal_city column to support address formatting.
✅ Transportation: 2.6M new connectors for crosswalks.
✅ Base, Buildings: New detailed features and classifications.
Details: hubs.la/Q02YfgjV0
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Overture Maps Data in #ArcGIS: Later this year, @Esri will be offering a new Open Basemap that is built with @OvertureMaps data, which includes a curated and integrated collection of #opendata from OpenStreetMap and many other sources! Learn more: esri.social/K4m950TVF6T
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Excited to welcome @crunchydata to the #Overturemaps community!
Looking forward to collaborating and expanding what’s possible with #openmapdata.
Crunchy Data recently joined the @OvertureMaps Foundation as a continuation of support for open spatial data management.
We are excited to build upon what is possible, and bring the power of Postgres to Overture open map data.
Give it a try: crunchydata.com/blog/vehicle…
A major milestone for an amazing project. Happy 20th birthday @openstreetmap !
Happy 20th Birthday OpenStreetMap!
"OpenStreetMap has grown exponentially or quadratically over the last twenty years depending on the metric you’re interested in . . . The story isn’t so much about the data and technology, and it never was. It’s the people. " --@stevec, reflecting on 20 years of OSM
blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/…
#HappyBirthdayOSM
#20YearsofOSM
ALT the original logo of OpenStreetMap
Very clear description by @dbreunig of GERS from @OvertureMaps
Why I'm excited for Overture's GERS and how standardizing 'places' will allow multiples more people to benefit from geospatial intelligence: dbreunig.com/2024/07/31/towa…
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2 days until Overture Maps AMA. Join us on Thursday to get updates on our GA release, learn about new features and capabilities, and get insights directly from the leaders behind the project.
Secure your spot now: hubs.la/Q02Jnq9P0
Lots of good questions about @OvertureMaps this week. Bring them next Thursday to this overview and AMA.
Join our AMA on Overture Maps' GA release. Expert panel discusses:
- Transportation layer updates
- GERS developments
- New Address theme
- Live Q&A included
📅 Thursday, Aug 1 | 🕖 8 AM PT
Register: hubs.la/Q02J58nv0
Yesterday @OvertureMaps came out with our first address data product. Great work by the team and huge help from @openaddr and AddressesForAll.
Overture Maps launched the Address Theme with over 200M addresses from 14 countries. 🌍
Our goal is to build a single, conflated, global address dataset and we invite our community to provide feedback on the schema.
Read our blog for details: hubs.la/Q02H_5hx0
There was a lot of @OvertureMaps news today. If you want to unpack that or have questions , sign up for this session next Thursday.
Have questions about Overture's latest General Availability release? Join our live AMA to learn more and have your questions answered live.
📍 Zoom
📅 August 1, 2024
🕖 8 a.m. PT
Register here: hubs.la/Q02HSvlw0
#overturemaps #opendata
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Backed by Microsoft, AWS, and Meta, the Overture Maps Foundation launches first open map datasets tcrn.ch/3y8VBoG
I’m really proud of the team for hitting the milestone. Still a long way to go but amazing how far we’ve come so far.
We’re pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) of our global open maps datasets.
✅Base, Buildings, Divisions, Places themes are now GA
✅New alpha Address theme: 200M+ addresses from 14 countries
✅A new visualization tool
Learn more:
hubs.la/Q02HJQRK0
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By integrating GERS, @Esri joined FEMA's USA Structures with Overture Buildings.
This enabled detailed visualization of building occupancy and 3D representations, unlocking new use cases in thematic mapping and 3D analysis.
Read the case study: hubs.ly/Q02GvKVJ0
