TechCrunch

Backed by Microsoft, AWS and Meta, the Overture Maps Foundation launches its first open map datasets

It’s not often you’ll find Microsoft, Amazon and Meta in the same room, collaborating on the same goals. But that’s exactly what we have with the Overture Maps Foundation, an initiative to develop ...
InfoWorld

Getting map data right and keeping it right

With digital maps and vast databases, there’s no limit to how rich and real-time maps can get. Accuracy and consistency will come from a system of unique identifiers called GERS. The world is a messy ...
InfoWorld

The world needs more (and better) open map data

The best map data and the most advanced mapping features have been proprietary. The Overture Maps Foundation aims to change that. The trend of open data is taking hold around the world and it will ...
CNBC

Google to begin selling maps data to companies building solar products, hopes to generate $100 million in first year

Google is planning to sell new mapping APIs that would allow companies to build products that use energy and environmental data. The company has data on over 350 million buildings, according to ...
Hackaday

NREL Maps Out US Data Infrastructure

Spending time as wee hackers perusing the family atlas taught us an appreciation for a good map, and [Billy Roberts], a cartographer at NREL, has served up a doozy with a map of the data center ...