The Overture Maps Foundation will start releasing data early this year, with the backing of four major tech firms.
Google Maps comes installed on almost all Android phones, so the tech giant’s app dominates the navigation scene. In 2022 alone, it was downloaded over 13 million times. It’s unsurprising, then, that a number of tech firms have banded together against the Google Goliath. In December 2022, the nonprofit Linux Foundation announced the creation of the Overture Maps Foundation.