The Overture Maps Foundation, a project to standardize map data, was founded in December 2022 by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom, and is hosted by the Linux Foundation. I talked to Marc Prioleau ...
Sprawling. That’s one way to describe the nature of data and responsibilities in modern organizations. There’s a lot of personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive data to track, and ...
The Overture Maps Foundation took info from Microsoft, Meta, and more to help more developers create a new wave of map apps. Reading time 4 minutes If you’re not Google (or, to a much lesser extent, ...
In the current digital era, businesses are gathering and keeping enormous volumes of data on their clients, staff and operations. Data breaches and cyberattacks are more likely as data volume ...
It’s not often you’ll find Microsoft, Amazon and Meta in the same room, collaborating on the same goals. But that’s exactly what we have with the Overture Maps Foundation, an initiative to develop ...
With digital maps and vast databases, there’s no limit to how rich and real-time maps can get. Accuracy and consistency will come from a system of unique identifiers called GERS. The world is a messy ...
Specifically, there is still no easy way to transfer saved map data from one app to another. This ends up locking users into one mapping platform, which is good for the two tech giants involved, but ...
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Overture Maps Foundation (OMF) is a cooperative effort founded in ...