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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Overture joined leaders from DoT, USGS and the private sector at the #GeoGovSummit to tackle a critical challenge: the rapidly changing roles of government and industry in geospatial data. 🔗 Read the recap : bit.ly/4hrnATd

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎙️ In a recent FINOS Podcast, Amy Rose discussed how Overture is building trust in open map data. Catch the full episode and the recap: overturemaps.org/blog/2026/how-do-y…

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

CTO of the Overture, Amy Rose, joined Grizz Griswold on the FINOS podcast to dive into how Overture, founded alongside Microsoft, AWS, Meta, and TomTom, is working to build global open interoperable map data. 🎧 Watch/Listen to the full episode: youtu.be/BDj0ORMbC2A

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Why Overture Maps Matters for the Financial Industry

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Keep this in your back pocket! This demo shows how our new ArcGIS plugin makes it effortless to get over to Overture data & start working with it fast, directly on your map canvas. Watch the demo on Overture's YouTube: youtu.be/A3wTaHnXftk?...

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ArcGIS plugin demo - Fresno County

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What did we learn from 2026 #EsriUC? Open map data becomes a shared, stable way to reference physical space. Read highlights from the event on bridging open spatial data, enterprise workflows, and building location infrastructure for AI: bit.ly/3TwXyFQ

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

How do you teach AI agents to navigate the physical world? You build a connected map together! By combining Meta Mapillary’s sign detection with Zephr’s geometric relocalization, members are snapping places data straight to building facades and front doors. Zephr's feature: bit.ly/4pOVbdu

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The next Overture Community Newsletter is dropping soon, and it’s packed! We’re sharing the latest news from the foundation, shiny new updates, and all the incredible, cool community projects that YOU are building with our data. Subscribe today: bit.ly/3Tfi79o

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

LLMs guess when doing raw spatial math, forcing devs to pay a "conflation tax" joining map data. Overture is testing geometry as a foreign key for a cross-theme AI knowledge graph. Read the blog: bit.ly/4wV4XNp

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It’s a big moment for Overture -- we officially reached 50 members, nearly doubling our size! As organizations race to operationalize AI, they're turning to our open spatial data to ground AI systems in the real world. Read the press release: bit.ly/4w22Lnn

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Nora from Overture just came back from State of the Map US in Madison, where she connected with the brilliant community pushing the boundaries of open geospatial data. Read the blog to see what the community is building, where Overture is heading next! overturemaps.org/blog/2026/no...

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Notes from the Field: SOTM US 2026 in Madison - Overture Maps Foundation

My trip to Madison started with chasing the sunset. The city looked magical, with an island splitting the lake in two, and the sky, the clouds, and the lake’s reflection...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Starting with our June release, we are using collective, real-world "heartbeat" signals from our community to keep POI operating statuses actively updated. So far, we’ve already refreshed 8.5 million POIs in the US alone! Read to learn more: bit.ly/4f9EFAW

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A new research from The Linux Foundation Research in partnership with BrightQuery, FINOS, and Overture Maps -- reveals why open data is the critical foundation for the next generation of enterprise AI. Read the full report here: www.linuxfoundation.org/research/ope...

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The Value of Open Data on Global Entities

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Our third annual Member Summit in April marked an exciting new chapter for Overture. This is the year when we can truly say Overture has arrived, becoming the spatial foundation for a growing number of companies. Read the Member Summit Recap, link in comments.

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

AI needs a grounding layer to stop hallucinations. Overture provides the infrastructure for reliable real-world AI. This blog features 10 startups leveraging Overture's Places, Buildings, GERS IDs & GeoParquet files. 🔗: bit.ly/3SkUz2n

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Read Microsoft's Case Study with their adoption of Overture Maps. Instead of maintaining complex, custom pipelines to process and normalize proprietary sources, they shifted that heavy lifting upstream into Overture's shared framework. 🔗: bit.ly/49oqB3q

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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 #OvertureMaps #OpenData

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Did you know that 83% of restaurants are missing from AI recos? Overture Maps is trying to change that by building the open spatial graph AI needs to ground itself in reality and stop hallucinating data. Check out our latest blog to learn more: overturemaps.org/blog/2026/op...

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Open Spatial & Location Grounding for AI - Overture Maps Foundation

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Building and maintaining proprietary map data is no longer a strategic moat: it is a massive, leaking pipe in your balance sheet. Learn why building your own map is no longer a viable business strategy: bit.ly/4dDXfjQ #OvertureMaps

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We are excited to share the video for our recent panel discussion from #OSFF Toronto! This session features Overture and industry leaders discussing how open source standards can solve the problem of fragmented and costly data. Watch the recording: bit.ly/4niePNH

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

✈️ The Overture team is headed to Missouri for the 4th Annual STL TechWeek from April 13 - 17, 2026. Our Executive Director, Will, will be leading 2 essential sessions on how we are building the "spatial backbone" for the future: overturemaps.org/event/stl-techweek… #OvertureMaps

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🗺️ Connect with the community at the Overture Member Summit! This event provides a unique opportunity for Overture members to reconnect in-person and establish and build new professional relationships Join the Overture Member Summit 2026: overturemaps.org/event/overture-mem…

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The #OvertureMaps Member Summit is the premier destination for map enthusiasts and industry leaders to connect, collaborate, and innovate. Join us for the 2026 Overture Member Summit: overturemaps.org/event/overture-mem… Become a member: overturemaps.org/about/member

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The 2026-03-18 Overture release is live 🚀 • New columns_changed data changelog 📊 • Transportation pipeline architecture overhaul 🛣️ • Places taxonomy updates (v1.16.0) • Address refresh in 🇸🇰 🇧🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇦 🇵🇹 🇮🇸 🇩🇪 docs.overturemaps.org/blog/2026/03/… #OpenData

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Join us in Florence in April! It's our annual opportunity to exchange ideas, strengthen connections, and set the future direction for #OvertureMaps. Already a member? Register today to secure your spot: bit.ly/4rrD24o Not yet a member? Join us: bit.ly/4rpjbTt 👋 See you soon!

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

📬 The February #OvertureMaps newsletter is out! From fresh data improvements to continued progress on #GERS, the February update highlights how the open geospatial ecosystem is evolving. Catch up and subscribe to stay in the loop: share.hsforms.com/1T38OzgVmQPG... #OpenData

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The 2026-02-18 Overture release is live 🚀 • New admin_level property in Divisions • Places taxonomy updates (basic_category + taxonomy transition) • Address refresh across 7 countries + Norway improvements • 1.6M+ new TomTom road segments (280k+ km) #OvertureMaps #OpenData

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🗺️ If you're a member of Overture, don’t miss your chance to submit a proposal for the #OvertureMaps Member Summit 2026! 🔗: events.linuxfoundation.org/overture-mem... ⏰ CFP closes Sunday, February 8 🗓️ Event date: April 21–23, 2026 🤝 Become a member to participate: overturemaps.org/become-a-mem...

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Call For Proposals (CFP) | LF Events

The Overture Member Summit is our annual event where members come together to exchange ideas, strengthen connections, and set Overture’s future direction. This year’s summit will build momentum for…

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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/th...

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Three Years In: How Overture Maps is Changing the Way the World Builds Maps - Overture Maps Foundation

Overture creates a common foundation of map data. We bring together open data from crowdsourced, government, and machine learning sources, then do the work of normalizing it to a single schema and con...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🗺️ Earlier this month, Overture joined leaders across industry, government, & academia at GeoBuiz Summit 2026. 💬 Our recap blog highlights include Will Mortenson’s perspective on providing a common foundation of map data, and #GERS. Read the recap: overturemaps.org/blog/2026/ge...

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GeoBuiz Summit 2026 Highlights: Collaboration, Interoperability, and Infrastructure - Overture Maps Foundation

Overture Maps Foundation participated in GeoBuiz Summit 2026 from January 12 to 14, joining leaders across industry, government, and academia to discuss the future of open, interoperable geospatial da...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

📢 Overture 2025-12-17.0 is live. 📌 Places: New taxonomy with clearer hierarchies 🚉 Transportation: 725k+ new TomTom segments 📍 Addresses: New Quebec dataset 🌐 Base: OSM refresh + 9,690 rollercoasters 🎢 📐 Schema: v1.15.0 Get the open data: docs.overturemaps.org/blog/2025/12...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🎂 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 Overture Maps? Join us: overturemaps.org/become-a-mem...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

📻 Software Engineering Radio spoke with Amy and Jennings about the foundations of geospatial data, the role of a shared schema, how #OvertureMap’s dataset has grown to 4.2B+ features, and more! 🔗 Read the interview to learn Overture's progress & goals: overturemaps.org/blog/2025/ov...

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Overture Maps Explained on Software Engineering Radio - Overture Maps Foundation

The Overture Maps Foundation is now three years old, and we’ve met every milestone we’ve set out to meet. But there’s still much more to come. Please enjoy this interview with Software Engineering Rad...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

✈️ Travel is held back by fragmented location data and systems that can’t speak to each other. #GERS changes this with one open, stable ID for every real-world place: enabling accurate discovery, seamless bookings, and AI-ready travel experiences. 📖: overturemaps.org/blog/2025/fr...

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From discovery to action: A new foundation for travel - Overture Maps Foundation

Imagine asking an AI agent to book a hotel. The agent books the room, finds restaurants you like, a concert venue nearby, and lines up ground transportation. This smooth, integrated experience is the ...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Address data might look simple, but anyone who has worked with it knows how fragmented it is. Jeff’s new blog uses Mississippi to show how Overture turns scattered sources into one clean, ready-to-use dataset. Full story 👇 overturemaps.org/blog/2025/bu...

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Building Complete Address Coverage: How We Brought Every Address in Mississippi Together - Overture Maps Foundation

To the uninitiated, address data appears simple. Scrawl an address on an envelope and a postal service will deliver it to the specified destination. However, the data enabling these systems...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome William Mortenson as our new Executive Director! He brings 25+ years of geospatial experience to advance open, interoperable map data and collaboration across the industry. 🔗 Read the full announcement: overturemaps.org/announcement...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

📢 Overture 2025-09-24.0 is now live. 📌 6M new POIs from Foursquare OS Places 🎯 Better confidence scores w/ signal patches 🚉 Expanded TomTom data + coverage in 🇮🇹🇵🇹🇲🇽🇪🇬🇸🇪🇮🇩 📐 New schema properties for clarity & usability Get the #opendata: docs.overturemaps.org/blog/2025/09...

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 10/09/2025

📢Announcing our keynote speakers! 4 superb speakers; seriously, they rock Introducing you across this week Meet Amy Rose Currently = CTO @overturemaps.bsky.social Responsible = technical roadmap, infrastructure design, data interoperability strategy 30 years #geospatial domain = myriad solutions

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

We’re honored to share that the #OvertureMaps has received the GeoGov Summit Innovation in Public-Private Partnerships Award. 🏆 A heartfelt thank you to our community. Your contributions make Overture possible. 👏 And thank you to Geospatial World Forum for the recognition.

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

📢 Overture 2025-08-20.0 is now live. New Building data from Esri and Vancouver, plus expanded Base theme with quay, railway, and artwork classes. A minor patch for Microsoft ML buildings will follow shortly. Get the open data: docs.overturemaps.org/blog/2025/08...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

📢 Overture 2025-07-23.0 is live! This month brings new Brazil buildings data, improved tagging, and expanded Türkiye coverage — part of our 12-month streak of on-time open data drops since GA.🛤️ Grab the latest data → docs.overturemaps.org/blog/2025/07...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

That’s a wrap on EsriUC 2025! Thanks to everyone who visited Overture Maps, joined the Passport Adventure with AWS, Meta, Maxar, TomTom, Nearmap & con terra, and congrats to our Capybara winners 🧸✨ Grateful for this amazing community 💛

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🌏 What’s next for spatial data infrastructure? Join Overture Maps ED Marc Prioleau at #EsriUC on July 16 to explore how #OpenData & unique IDs are driving integration across sectors. 📅 8:30–9:30 AM PDT 🔗 overturemaps.org/event/esri-u...

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Esri User Conference 2025 - Overture Maps Foundation

Esri User Conference 2025 brings together the global GIS and mapping community to explore how spatial thinking and geospatial technology are solving the world’s most complex challenges. Overture Maps ...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

A walkthrough of the full GERS framework: UUIDs, Registry, Changelogs, and bridge files. See how: 🆔 UUID lookups in the Registry 📊 Changelog analysis for tracking changes 🌉 Bridge files to Facebook pages 🗺️ Division hierarchy queries 👉 Dive in:https://docs.overturemaps.org/gers/gers-tutorial/

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Ready to connect your data to GERS? Our new tutorial shows you how Step-by-step guide covering: 🎯 Spatial matching techniques 🔧 Data enrichment with GERS IDs 🌉 Creating your own bridge files 🔄 Maintenance workflows Start now: docs.overturemaps.org/gers/gers-tu...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Connecting your data to GERS just got easier. Bridge files now link datasets like OSM, Esri & Meta to Overture. 🔗 Faster onboarding 📈 Easy enrichment 🔍 Clear data sources 📖 Learn more: overturemaps.org/blog/2025/in...

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Introducing Bridge Files - Overture Maps Foundation

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The complete Global Entity Reference System (#GERS) explained 🗺️ 4 components working together: 🗺️ Reference Map (open & validated datasets) 📊 Changelogs (track updates) 🔍 Registry (ID lookup) 🌉 Bridge Files (instant connections) Check out the system overview: overturemaps.org/blog/2025/un...

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Understanding Overture's Global Entity Reference System - 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, plac...

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Overture Maps Foundation @overturemaps.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

🗺️ Industry leaders agree: #GERS is changing how we integrate spatial data, and the impact is real. Microsoft, Esri, and Precisely share how GERS is helping eliminate costly data conflation and enabling faster, smarter decisions. 📣 Read the announcement: overturemaps.org/announcement...

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