Overture Maps Foundation

@OvertureMaps

Collaborative effort to develop interoperable open map data for mapping services worldwide | @linuxfoundation open source project

overturemaps.org Joined November 2022

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Overture Maps Foundation @OvertureMaps Jun 25, 2025

🚀 Overture’s GERS is now GA!

#GERS makes data sharing, onboarding, and joining easier via common, open, accessible IDs.

⏱️Cut data integration time & cost
🔓No vendor lock-in with open ecosystem
🧩Simple joins, not complex conflations

🔗 Learn more: hubs.la/Q03tzNjg0

overturemaps.org Overture Maps Launches GERS, a Global Standard for Interoperable Geospatial IDs, to Drive Data... Unique IDs make it easier and cheaper to attach data to geospatial entities, such as buildings, streets, places, etc. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—June 25, 2025 — The Overture Maps Foundation, a collabora...

Overture Maps Foundation @OvertureMaps Oct 21

How do public sector agencies link local municipal GIS data without completely overhauling their existing schemas?

City of Vancouver (working with Esri Canada) and Fresno County share how they partnered with Overture to test GERS on the ground

🔗 bit.ly/4i9VZGb

overturemaps.org Closing the Gap Between Local Data and Global Standards - Overture Maps Foundation How two local governments contributed data to Overture – and got GERS IDs back Introduction Authoritative local geographic data is the foundation of urban functions, municipal logistics, and public...

Overture Maps Foundation @OvertureMaps Oct 13

Instead of building a new map, we're connecting existing ones. Listen to Overture Maps CTO Amy Rose on The MapScaping Podcast discuss how we standardize schemas, log metadata, and assign GERS IDs to fragmented spatial data.

Read the summary & listen here: bit.ly/4hJn9oy

Overture Maps Foundation @OvertureMaps Oct 8

Today we're launching the Overture Community Badge Program, a way to give credit to the people who build our map data.

In our latest blog, Executive Director Will Mortenson explains why we started the program and how it works: bit.ly/47I8vbe

Overture Maps Foundation @OvertureMaps Sep 24

Overture joined leaders from DoT, USGS and the private sector at the #GeoGovSummit to tackle a critical challenge: the rapidly changing roles of government and industry in geospatial data.

🔗 Read the recap : bit.ly/4hrnATd