Overture Maps Foundation

🚀 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: hubs.la/Q03tzNjg0

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/2026/03/1… #OpenData

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

💰 Financial services rely on foundational data that is often fragmented & costly to reconcile. #Overture headed to the OSFF in April to change that! 🔗: overturemaps.org/event/open-sou…

🚧 Overture is headed to #P3Conference2026 with a booth presence! P3C brings together public officials and private industry leaders to collaborate on alternative project delivery models that shape America’s essential infrastructure. Learn more: hubs.la/Q0440_X20

Please join us in welcoming @BrightQuery as a General Member of the Overture Maps Foundation 🌍 324M orgs. 512M locations. 1.2B people. A major expansion for Overture’s Places dataset and open, interoperable geospatial data. Read: hubs.la/Q044GxTJ0 #OpenData

🌍 Overture is heading to Geospatial World Forum 2026 in Amsterdam ! Meet #OvertureMaps team at our booth to discuss how open, interoperable map data strengthens sovereign data strategies and supports real-world adoption across sectors! 📍 See you there: hubs.la/Q0440JKR0

📬 The February #OverturMaps newsletter is out! From fresh data improvements to continued progress on GERS, the February update highlights how the open geospatial ecosystem is evolving. Subscribe to stay in the loop: hubs.la/Q0440sjg0 #OpenData #GERS

All datasets, bridge files, GERS registry, and PMTiles are now available on AWS & Azure. Explore the release → docs.overturemaps.org/blog/2026/02/1…

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

🗺️ 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-membe… ⏰ CFP closes Sunday, February 8 🗓️ Event date: April 21–23, 2026 🤝 Become a member to participate: overturemaps.org/become-a-membe…

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/thre…

🗺️ 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 blog: overturemaps.org/blog/2026/geob…

📢 Overture 2025-12-17.0 is now 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/2025/12/1…

🎂 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 #OvertureMaps? Join us: hubs.la/Q03YcK4L0

📻 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/over…

OGC iDays 2025 is next week! If you're attending the event in Frankfurt - don't miss these sessions with @OvertureMaps leaders Amy Rose & Albi Wiedersberg. Learn more: hubs.la/Q03X6dyv0 #OGC #iDays2025 #GeospatialInnovation #Mapping #OvertureMaps

✈️ 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/from…

I gave a talk about @OvertureMaps GERS (an open, free, maintained ID system for geo data) at @CARTO Spatial Data Science Conference. It's so much easier to demonstrate the benefits of GERS now that there's a community growing up around it. youtube.com/watch?v=d8YZ24…

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 👇 hubs.la/Q03TPm0f0

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: hubs.la/Q03RhPKp0 #OvertureMaps #OpenData