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📢 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...
📢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
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.
📢 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...
📢 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...
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 💛
🌏 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...
🌐 Don’t miss “ArcGIS Living Atlas – Open Data Content” on July 15 at #EsriUC!
See how global datasets like OpenStreetMap + #OvertureMaps are powering #OpenData in ArcGIS.
📅 8:30–9:30 AM PDT
🔗 overturemaps.org/event/esri-u...
🌍 Overture Maps is heading to #EsriUC 2025!
We’re bringing insights on #OpenData & #GERS — with sessions on Living Atlas & spatial data infrastructure.
📍July 14–18, San Diego
🔗 overturemaps.org/event/esri-u...
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/
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...
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...
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...
🗺️ 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...
Tired of spending more time prepping data than using it? #GERS eliminates that problem by making data integration faster and cheaper.
@addresscloud.bsky.social processes millions of buildings in minutes. Meta, Microsoft, TomTom, & Esri are on board.
Learn how: overturemaps.org/resources/in...
📢 Overture 2025-06-25.0 is live!
🔑 Switched to UUIDs. Also in this release:
📍 New address data (🇬🇱 🇸🇬 🇺🇸)
🏠 Vancouver buildings 🇨🇦
📌 64M+ places from Krick
🚉 Turkey transport via TomTom
🌎Base: broader coverage & features
🔗 Get the #opendata: overturemaps.org/download
🚀 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: overturemaps.org/uncategorize...
Building open, interoperable map data together. 🤝
Our new video spotlights the vision behind Overture Maps and how organizations are working together to transform the mapping industry.
🎥 Watch now — and stay tuned for something big coming this week.
youtu.be/97BmFk7o8DE
📍 We’re heading to State of the Map US 2025! Catch #OvertureMaps at:
🧭 Marc Prioleau – What you might not know about Overture
🛠️ Jennings Anderson – From Daylight to Overture: Validated OSM data
overturemaps.org/event/state-...
#SOTMUS
📢 Overture 2025-05-21.0 is now live!
This update enhances data across base, buildings, divisions, and more — and introduces PinMeTo as a new Places data provider.
🔗 Get the #opendata: docs.overturemaps.org/release/late...
📍 🌏 Business listings that reach billions
See how krick.com & pinmeto are contributing to #OvertureMaps and reaching billions of users across Meta, TomTom, Esri, and beyond.
📖 Read the blog by Overture’s VP Product Albi Wiedersberg: overturemaps.org/blog/2025/re...
The #OvertureMaps Member Summit 2025 brought together 100+ members from 30 orgs, all driving momentum for #OpenData, #GERS, and the future of open map infrastructure.
Big vision. Real-world impact.
📖 Blog: overturemaps.org/blog/2025/ov...
🎥 Highlight Reel: youtube.com/watch?v=yJL3...
Why did #OvertureMaps choose #GeoParquet?
We asked our CTO Amy Rose how we’re breaking #geospatial data out of silos — from global scale to tool compatibility.
🔗 Blog: overturemaps.org/blog/2025/wh...
📅 See it live at #CNG2025 — join our workshop tomorrow!
🌐 Join Overture Maps Foundation at #CNG2025!
We’re excited to connect with the geospatial community and dive into the latest in cloud-native mapping. Don’t miss sessions from the #OvertureMaps team — check the agenda and see you there!
🔗 overturemaps.org/events/cng-conference-2025
📢 Overture 2025-04-23.0 is now live!
This month’s release includes key updates across the board:
📍 Addresses: New data in Florida
🌍 Base: Golf course data
🏠 Buildings: Data fixes and updates
🗺️ Divisions: New properties
🔗 Get the open data: docs.overturemaps.org/release/late...
Yesterday at #GWF2025, we talked about solving spatial data interoperability with #GERS.
Today, see it in action.
🕒 13:30 CET | Hall Bonn
📍 Overture GERS Workshop
Hear from TomTom, Uber, Precisely & the European Commission.
🔗 geospatialworld.net/gwf/2025/ove...
📍 Join us today at #GWF2025! Mainstage Panel 6 | 15:15 CET
Managing the explosion of spatial data: How open data can help structure data across sectors.
With Overture Maps, Meta, TomTom, and Uber about open data, interoperability & new models for collaboration.
At #GWF2025 Executive Round Table, Steering Co member Mike Harrell (TomTom ) and ED Marc Prioleau highlighted why open, shared geospatial data is critical.
✅ The need for a common way to communicate data like #GERS
✅ #Opendata as an organizing system for real-world impact.
Attending #GWF2025?
Come meet the #OvertureMaps team today! 👋
We’re here to talk about open data, GERS, data integration, and how to get involved.
📍 Let’s connect!
Heading to #GWF2025 in Madrid?
Don’t miss our sessions on collaborative mapping, open data, and how GERS is helping organizations integrate spatial data at scale.
Meet Overture Maps team and members from Meta, Precisely, TomTom, and Uber.
overturemaps.org/event/overtu...
