Meta, Microsoft and Amazon, and a company called TomTom, which focuses on maps, founded the Overture Maps Foundation last year to create interoperable map products. This project has shown that it can be rivaled by Google and Apple, which are ahead in maps.
Four companies took an important step with the project today. The group has released the first open source map dataset, which will be very useful to developers.
Third-party developers will be able to create their own products without being tied to Apple and Google
This data will allow third-party developers to create their own global maps or navigation products, while allowing them to go head-to-head with Apple and Google. Incoming statements show that the data includes buildings, transportation networks, borders, as well as more than 59 million popular places.
Overture also says that the data layers are formatted so that developers can receive and use map data in a standard documented way and be interoperable. It is added that this information can also be used to create a map application or any similar service. The dataset is available on the Overture website.
Overture is very important because the data is easily accessible and enables application development. In addition, its low cost is also an issue that attracts attention. Currently, developers have to pay to access the Google Maps API. A similar situation exists with Apple. In other words, we can say that the dominance of Google and Apple on maps can be threatened with the project.
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