Overview

• Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom formed the Overture Maps Foundation to provide free map data to developers.
• The initial dataset contains 59 million points of interest and map layers for buildings, roads, boundaries.
• Overture's goal is to offer an open collaborative mapping platform to avoid dependence on proprietary tools.
• The foundation aims to provide comprehensive, accurate data that companies can integrate with proprietary info.
• This open dataset launch could spur more competition and innovation in the online maps market.