Backed by Microsoft, AWS and Meta, the Overture Maps Foundation launches its first open map data sets
entspos6:38 pmJuly 24, 2024 It's not every day that Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta join forces for a common cause. However, that's precisely the case with the Overture Maps Foundation, an initiative dedicated to developing interoperable and open map data.Launched in December 2022, the Overture Maps Foundation aims to challenge Google's dominance in online mapping. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, the group has been releasing early previews of its data sets over the past year, with the first beta version arriving this April. On Wednesday, the initiative marked a significant
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