The Overture Maps Foundation created by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom released its first open-source dataset with global mapping information to take on Apple and Google.
Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and the mapping company TomTom have launched an initiative to take on Google Maps and Apple Maps. The four companies formed the Overture Maps Foundation last year with the goal of creating interoperable map products — and now, the group has released its first open map dataset. With this data, third-party developers can create global mapping or navigation products of their own, allowing them to go head-to-head with Google Maps and Apple Maps.
” Developers can then use this information on which to build a mapping app or any service that relies on navigation. The dataset is available on Overture’s website. “The Places dataset, in particular, represents a major, previously unavailable open dataset, with the potential to map everything from new businesses big and small to pop-up street markets located anywhere in the world,” Marc Prioleau, Overture’s executive director, says in a statement.
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