A few weeks ago Overture Maps was announced, a collaboration between AWS, Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom to "create reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data"

This generated wave of speculation about what it might mean for OpenStreetMap and players like Google

In Ep. 163 of our podcast @stevenfeldman interviews @Mprioleau
of Meta about what Overture Maps hopes to be, why it was formed, and its intended place in the geospatial ecosystem.

https://thegeomob.com/podcast/episode-163

January 9, 2023 at 5:14:20 PM

was that the first announcement of the working groups? Basemap and schema?

first announcement of anything, to our knowledge

Replying to someone

@CjMalone @geomob Those working groups are mentioned in the web site.

haha don't know how I missed that, it's literally in the nav bar

@geomob @stevenfeldman @Mprioleau

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes?

@justb4 @stevenfeldman @Mprioleau

Quaelibet tabula est fortuna sua

@geomob @stevenfeldman @Mprioleau

Tabula rasa. Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esse (but not the elephants and mastodons!).

Great podcast on Overture Maps, thanks.

I read that Marc's was once at Uber and therefore expected some insights on the open source tools this company came up with... kepler and the likes.

Good stuff anyway!

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