# Blog

## [Improving Overture Places Geolocation and Coverage with Zephr, Mapillary, and the “Places Imagery Task Force”](/content/blog/2026/improving-overture-places-geolocation-and-coverage-with-zephr-mapillary-and-the-places-imagery-task-force/index.html)

By [Albi Wiedersberg](/content/author/albi/ "Posts by Albi Wiedersberg"/index.html)  
If you have ever followed a map to a storefront only to end up standing in an empty parking lot, you have experienced the limits of traditional geocoding. Like other…

## [Open Spatial & Location Grounding for AI](/content/blog/2026/open-spatial-location-grounding-for-ai/index.html)

By [Albi Wiedersberg](/content/author/albi/ "Posts by Albi Wiedersberg"/index.html)  
LLMs are highly capable at many things, but understanding the physical world isn't one of them. Today, ChatGPT recommends just 1.2% of all local business locations, and 83% of restaurants…

## [The Billion-Dollar Data Trap: Why Building Your Own Map is No Longer a Viable Business Strategy](/content/blog/2026/the-billion-dollar-data-trap-why-building-your-own-map-is-no-longer-a-viable-business-strategy/index.html)

By [Will Mortenson](/content/author/wmortenson/ "Posts by Will Mortenson"/index.html)  
In the current tech landscape, we are witnessing a paradox. We are in the midst of a generational "AI arms race" that demands unprecedented capital investment, yet the era of…

## [Three Years In: How Overture Maps is Changing the Way the World Builds Maps](/content/blog/2026/three-years-in-how-overture-maps-is-changing-the-way-the-world-builds-maps/index.html)

By [Will Mortenson](/content/author/wmortenson/ "Posts by Will Mortenson"/index.html)  
Overture creates a common foundation of map data. We bring together open data from crowdsourced, government, and machine learning sources, then do the work of normalizing it to a single…

## [GeoBuiz Summit 2026 Highlights: Collaboration, Interoperability, and Infrastructure](/content/blog/2026/geobuiz-summit-2026-highlights-collaboration-interoperability-and-infrastructure/index.html)

By [Overture Maps](/content/author/overture/ "Posts by Overture Maps"/index.html)  
Overture Maps Foundation participated in GeoBuiz Summit 2026 from January 12 to 14, joining leaders across industry, government, and academia to discuss the future of open, interoperable geospatial data and…

## [Overture Maps Explained on Software Engineering Radio](/content/blog/2025/overture-maps-explained-on-software-engineering-radio/index.html)

By [Overture Maps](/content/author/overture/ "Posts by Overture Maps"/index.html)  
The Overture Maps Foundation is now three years old, and we’ve met every milestone we’ve set out to meet. But there’s still much more to come. Please enjoy this interview…

## [From Discovery to Action: A New Foundation for Travel](/content/blog/2025/from-discovery-to-action-a-new-foundation-for-travel/index.html)

By [Albi Wiedersberg](/content/author/albi/ "Posts by Albi Wiedersberg"/index.html)  
Imagine asking an AI agent to book a hotel. The agent books the room, finds restaurants you like, a concert venue nearby, and lines up ground transportation. This smooth, integrated…

## [Building Complete Address Coverage: How We Brought Every Address in Mississippi Together](/content/blog/2025/building-complete-address-coverage-how-we-brought-every-address-in-mississippi-together/index.html)

By [Jeff Underwood](/content/author/jeff/ "Posts by Jeff Underwood"/index.html)  
Coverage in Jackson Mississippi To the uninitiated, address data appears simple. Scrawl an address on an envelope and a postal service will deliver it to the specified destination. However, the…

## [Open Collaboration Wins: Overture Named to Fast Company’s 2025 Next Big Things in Tech](/content/blog/2025/open-collaboration-wins-overture-named-to-fast-companys-2025-next-big-things-in-tech/index.html)

By [Marc Prioleau](/content/author/mprioleau/ "Posts by Marc Prioleau"/index.html)  
We’ve long thought that we’re onto something big here at Overture. And now the rest of the world does, too. I’m pleased to announce that Fast Company has recognized the…

## [Overture and the OpenTravel Alliance: Enabling the Future of Travel with Open Data](/content/blog/2025/overture-and-the-opentravel-alliance-enabling-the-future-of-travel-with-open-data/index.html)

By [Overture Maps](/content/author/overture/ "Posts by Overture Maps"/index.html)  
Overture is collaborating with the OpenTravel Alliance (OTA), which recently joined the Linux Foundation and Overture as a member, to solve a long-standing challenge in the travel industry: data interoperability.…