{"id":1516,"date":"2022-12-19T21:21:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T20:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geonatives.org\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2023-01-15T15:00:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T14:00:18","slug":"to-build-the-smartest-and-the-most-interoperable-map-in-about-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geonatives.org\/?p=1516","title":{"rendered":"To Build the Smartest and the most Interoperable Map in\/about the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Recently two announcements caught our attention: TomTom wants to build the smartest map in the world and the Linux Foundation wants to build interoperable open map data. Let\u2019s look behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To anticipate the key facts of both undertakings (which are connected to each other): GEONATIVES have proposed most of the core elements in previous publications and features such as the data assessing and processing<\/a>, incorporation of different stakeholders<\/a> as well as providing trusted map data on marketplaces<\/a>. But let\u2019s start with the approach of the Linux Foundation despite the fact that this announcement came second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overture Maps: Interoperable Open Map Data<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The Linux Foundation announced the initiative Overture Maps<\/a> founded by the cloud infrastructure provider Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, the global communication and advertising platform operator Meta as well as the mapmaker TomTom. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

They want to build \u201creliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data\u201d that will be \u201copen to all communities with a common interest in building open map data\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overture Maps builds upon four pillars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n