Overture Maps Launches GERS, a Global Standard for Interoperable Geospatial IDs, to Drive Data Interoperability

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BrightQuery Joins Overture Maps Foundation to Expand Open Places Data Coverage

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…

GeoBuiz Summit 2026 Highlights: Collaboration, Interoperability, and Infrastructure

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

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…

Overture Maps Foundation Names William Mortenson as New Executive Director

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 and the OpenTravel Alliance: Enabling the Future of Travel with Open Data

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.…

Understanding Overture’s Global Entity Reference System

Today, Overture Maps Foundation announced the general availability of the Global Entity Reference System (GERS). GERS provides common, open, accessible IDs for geospatial entities like buildings, places, and roads, making…

Introducing Bridge Files

One of our goals at Overture is to make geospatial data easier to work with. We want to help geospatial experts and data generalists easily connect to our datasets and,…

Overture Maps Launches GERS, a Global Standard for Interoperable Geospatial IDs, to Drive Data Interoperability

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…

Precisely Accelerates Data Integration with Overture GERS IDs

How Precisely's Data Link program connects data from leading providers via unique ID systems, including GERS, to eliminate the "conflation tax" and unlock instant access to enriched location intelligence Precisely,…

Why We Chose GeoParquet: Breaking Down Data Silos at Overture Maps

In today's data-rich world, the geospatial community faces unique challenges in storing, processing, and sharing this data at scale. As mapping datasets grow in complexity and size, traditional file formats…