Overture Maps Foundation is trying to collect enough data so that companies can build maps they own and operate rather than paying Google and Apple.

Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom have formed a group that will release data that could enable companies to build their own maps. The Overture Maps Foundation has captured 59 million points of interest, including restaurants, landmarks, streets, and regional borders. The data can be used for free as the base layer for a new map application. The data was collected and donated to the foundation by Meta and Microsoft.

  • BrainisfineIthinkEnglish
    8•1 year ago

    So a monopoly in online shopping is teaming up with a monopoly in operating and org software to fight against a monopoly in advertising and a monopoly in mobile device ecosytems.

    Wonderful.