# Announcements

## [BrightQuery Joins Overture Maps Foundation to Expand Open Places Data Coverage](/content/announcements/2026/brightquery-joins-overture-maps-foundation-to-expand-open-places-data-coverage/index.html)

New General Member to provide large-scale global entity and locations dataset spanning 324M organizations and 512M locations SAN FRANCISCO, February 25, 2026 — Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to…

## [Overture Maps Foundation Names William Mortenson as New Executive Director](/content/announcements/2025/overture-maps-foundation-names-william-mortenson-as-new-executive-director/index.html)

Experienced geospatial executive with a strong background in national mapping policies will lead Overture's next phase of expansion and adoption  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — November 3, 2025 — Overture Maps…

## [Overture Maps Launches GERS, a Global Standard for Interoperable Geospatial IDs, to Drive Data Interoperability](/content/announcements/2025/overture-maps-launches-gers-a-global-standard-for-interoperable-geospatial-ids-to-drive-data-interoperability/index.html)

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 collaborative…

## [Overture Maps Foundation Releases General Availability of Transportation Dataset](/content/announcements/2024/overture-general-availability-of-transportation-dataset/index.html)

Transportation and road networks mark one of most widely used map datasets with strategic importance across many industries and humanitarian efforts SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 2024 — The Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative…

## [Overture Maps Foundation Releases General Availability of its Open Maps Datasets](/content/announcements/2024/overture-maps-foundation-releases-general-availability-of-its-open-maps-datasets/index.html)

The Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to enable current and next-generation interoperable open map services and products, today announced the General Availability (GA) of several of its global open maps datasets, paving…

## [Open Map Data from Overture Maps Foundation Draws More Industries and Companies](/content/announcements/2024/open-map-data-from-overture-maps-foundation-draws-more-industries-and-companies/index.html)

Foundation’s growth shows industries such as automotive, spatial imaging, and consumer all want open map data  SAN FRANCISCO -- May 14, 2024 – The Overture Maps Foundation (Overture), a collaborative effort to…

## [Overture Map Data Now Available in BigQuery and Snowflake](/content/announcements/2024/overture-map-data-now-available-in-bigquery-and-snowflake/index.html)

Following the release of our first Beta release we are very happy to announce that, with support from CARTO, it is now possible to access all Overture data in Google…

## [Overture Maps Foundation Releases Beta of Its First Open Map Dataset](/content/announcements/2024/overture-maps-foundation-releases-beta-of-its-first-open-map-dataset/index.html)

Production-ready 1.0 version expected to unleash untold mapping services and product innovations SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — April 16, 2024 — The Overture Maps Foundation (Overture), a collaborative effort to enable current and next-generation interoperable…

## [Overture Maps Foundation Releases Its First World-Wide Open Map Dataset](/content/announcements/2023/overture-maps-foundation-releases-first-world-wide-open-map-dataset/index.html)

Initial dataset establishes a baseline for four important layers of open map data, including newly released open data for nearly 60 million places worldwide.