The conversations we had at the 2026 Esri User Conference (Esri UC) pointed to something real: more teams across more sectors are reaching for open, standardized spatial data. On the plenary stage, an Esri team member ran Overture Places li…
Walk down Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado with Sean Gorman and he’ll point out things most people filter out: which storefront signs are actually visible from the sidewalk, which business entrances face the street and which open onto an a…
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Members spanning technology, public sector, academia and non-profits standardize on open spatial data and unique IDs via GERS Summary Overture’s membership has nearly doubled since 2024, with new additions spanning tech, government, academi…
As Overture Maps Foundation grows the ecosystem to 50 members, that milestone is really a story about the people and organizations behind it. From government agencies streamlining how they share local data, to research foundations advancing…
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 each holding a different color. I was mesmerized, but mostly more exci…
Maintaining an accurate Places dataset at scale is challenging: Businesses are always changing, with 1 in 4 businesses opening, closing, or relocating each year. This requires a constant supply of fresh data to remain up-to-date. However, f…
Jun 30, 2026 | Albi Wiedersberg Maintaining an accurate Places dataset at scale is challenging: Businesses are always changing, with 1 in 4 businesses opening, closing, or relocating each year. This requires a constant supply of fresh data
Microsoft is one of the founding members of Overture, working collaboratively to high-quality, freely available, open map data so everyone can build better maps, faster. By adopting four Overture themes, Microsoft improved the quality of it…
Microsoft is one of the founding members of Overture, working collaboratively to high-quality, freely available, open map data so everyone can build better maps, faster. How Precisely's Data Link program connects data from leading providers…
New General Member to provide large-scale global entity and locations dataset spanning 324M organizations and 512M locations SAN FRANCISCO, February 25, 2026 — Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to build a foundational base la…
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 data and the shared infrastructure needed