Overture Maps Foundation

{{Short description|Foundation focusing on building interoperable open map data}}

The Overture Maps Foundation is an open data mapping collaboration, launched in mid-December 2022 under the auspices of the Linux Foundation. Its stated mission is "powering current and next-generation map products by creating reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data." Overture founding members were Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom.{{Cite web |last=Sawers |first=Paul |date=2022-12-15 |title=Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation to develop interoperable open map data |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/meta-microsoft-aws-and-tomtom-launch-the-overture-maps-foundation-to-develop-interoperable-open-map-data/ar-AA15iVuh |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=MSN |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216093837/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/meta-microsoft-aws-and-tomtom-launch-the-overture-maps-foundation-to-develop-interoperable-open-map-data/ar-AA15iVuh |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Plumb |first=Taryn |date=2022-12-15 |title=Creating the ultimate smart map with new map data initiative launched by Linux Foundation |url=https://venturebeat.com/virtual/creating-the-ultimate-smart-map-with-new-map-data-initiative-launched-by-linux-foundation/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216093840/https://venturebeat.com/virtual/creating-the-ultimate-smart-map-with-new-map-data-initiative-launched-by-linux-foundation/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Linux Foundation Announces Overture Maps Foundation to Build Interoperable Open Map Data |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/linux-foundation-announces-overture-maps-110000418.html |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=finance.yahoo.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216093833/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/linux-foundation-announces-overture-maps-110000418.html |url-status=live }}

The Overture project is intended to be complementary to the crowdsourced OpenStreetMap project, and the foundation encourages members to contribute data directly to the OSM project.{{Cite web |title=FAQ – Overture Maps Foundation |url=https://overturemaps.org/resources/faq/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216095116/https://overturemaps.org/resources/faq/ |url-status=live }}

Data will be released under the Community Database License Agreement – Permissive v2, unless required otherwise by licensing conflicts.