Overture Maps Foundation

Had an incredible time at the TechSTL event this week! It’s always so inspiring to see the momentum building in a city I hold so close to my heart. ❤️ Really enjoyed catching up with former colleagues: Benjamin Tuttle Keith Barber Brian Monheiser Robert (Bob) Sharp Mark Munsell St. Louis is making massive strides toward becoming the premier Geospatial hub for the nation, and the energy at this week's event was a true testament to that vision. Between the groundbreaking discussions and the collaborative community efforts, it is clear that the future of tech here is incredibly bright. 🌍🛰️ Beyond the exciting industry developments, the absolute highlight for me was getting to reconnect and catch up with old friends and colleagues. There is truly nothing quite like the St. Louis tech community. Kudos to the TechSTL team for putting together such a fantastic event. I can't wait to see what’s next for STL! 🚀 #TechSTL #StLouis #Geospatial #TechCommunity #Innovation #Networking #STLTech

Our upcoming Geospatial Video Intelligence hackathon in St. Louis (April 25-26) is taking shape with sponsor partnerships that provide participants with production-grade infrastructure and domain expertise. ⬇️ ✔️ Amazon Web Services (AWS) is sponsoring compute credits and Bedrock developer accounts for all participants, enabling teams to build with TwelveLabs video foundation models using the same enterprise infrastructure that defense and intelligence organizations deploy at scale. Achintya P. will lead a technical workshop on Saturday afternoon covering Bedrock integration patterns and credit distribution. Jeff Taylor ✔️ Overture Maps Foundation is providing open map data as the reference layer for validation workflows. Participants building map validation and enrichment systems will work directly with Overture's Places and transportation datasets. Will Mortenson, EdD Sean Gorman ✔️ Assured Consulting Solutions is providing geospatial intelligence expertise through technical workshops and judging. Their team brings experience deploying video intelligence systems for defense and infrastructure applications, offering participants insight into what makes solutions operationally viable rather than just technically impressive. Chaz Mason Ryan Feeney Our technical workshops will provide hands-on guidance for production deployment knowledge that participants can apply to their prototypes. 💡 GeoSTL T-REX Washington University McKelvey School of Engineering Sign up to secure your spot in 10 days: https://luma.com/9fqslqq9 ⬅️

🔴 We’re live at OSFF! This panel explores breaking the silos of open data to make financial and geospatial information more accessible for all. Learn about the motivation behind the Overture community and why geospatial data has become essential for modern business. Expert insights featuring: • Jose M. Plehn, Ph.D., BrightQuery • Jane Gavronsky, FINOS • and Nora Anwar, Overture Maps Foundation Moderated by Hilary Carter, The Linux Foundation Research. #OSFF2026 #OpenData

Happening today in Toronto! 🇨🇦 We are thrilled to join leaders from across the financial services today at the Open Source in Finance Forum 2026! Overture is taking the stage to discuss a future where we move past fragmented data silos and toward a truly connected geospatial ecosystem. Learn more about this panel discussion: https://lnkd.in/ge7HyWzW Moderator: Hilary Carter, The Linux Foundation Research Panelists: Jose M. Plehn, Ph.D. (BrightQuery), Jane Gavronsky (FINOS), Nora Anwar, (Overture Maps Foundation). #OpenData, #GERS, #OSFF2026 #OSinFinance

✈️ St. Louis, here we come! The Overture team is headed to Missouri for the 4th Annual STL TechWeek from April 13 - 17, 2026. We are thrilled to be at the heart of the "Geospatial" and "AI" innovation tracks to discuss how open, interoperable map data is powering the next wave of global innovation. Our Executive Director, Will Mortenson, EdD, will be leading two essential sessions on how we are building the "spatial backbone" for the future: 📍 April 14 (10:30 AM): Grounding Intelligence in Reality (Track G). Discover how Overture provides the open foundation layer needed to strengthen the reliability of AI built on location intelligence. 📍 April 15 (9:15 AM): Keynote – Beyond the Map (GeoNEXT). A look at how the fusion of geospatial technology and AI is transforming industries like logistics and agriculture. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gkNuXyGn #OvertureMaps #GERS #OpenData

Great week of engagements in Australia with a number of partners. Those discussions really reinforce my belief in our mission at Overture. Creating and maintaining geometry—the points, road lines, and boundaries—is a Duplication Trap. It’s a monumental, resource-draining effort that adds little unique value, but many organizations keep re-drawing the same base map. By standardizing and opening the foundational layer of geospatial data, Overture is essentially saying: Stop re-drawing the stage, and start putting on the show. Overture provides the common, reliable geometry (the standardized tip of the iceberg) so that your organization can focus all your engineering and data science resources on the other 90%: The Real Utility. Instead of just drawing a building polygon, you can dedicate your efforts to adding the enriched data that drives business value: 📈 Real-time Status & Predictive Analytics for operational efficiency. 🛠️ Maintenance & Historical Logs to optimize asset lifecycle. 🤝 Ownership & Contract Data for complex customer management. 💰 Financial Asset Value Modeling integrated into location. ⚙️ Risk Assessments & Safety Warnings for intelligent decision-making. Overture doesn't just provide a better map; it unlocks the ability for everyone to build smarter, more functional applications by freeing them from geometry duplication. Let's move beyond simple location data and start focusing on enriched operational intelligence. What valuable datasets are you building below the waterline? Are you leveraging an open base map yet? #OvertureMapsFoundation #GeospatialData #OpenData #MapData #LinuxFoundation #DataEngineering #LocationIntelligence #DigitalTwins #DataStrategy

Most of my work at the Overture Maps Foundation is about open geospatial data, but the underlying challenge is the same across domains. Financial services run on entity data, and yet most of that data is fragmented, inconsistently defined, and expensive to reconcile. That's what brings me to FINOS Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) in Toronto on April 14. I'm on a panel about building an open global entity graph — a shared dataset linking organizations, legal entities, locations, and people. And I'll be alongside Hilary Carter, Jose M. Plehn, Ph.D., and Jane Gavronsky. If you're in fintech, compliance, open source, or just curious about what collaborative data infrastructure looks like in practice, we would love to see you there! 🎟️ 30% off with code OSFF26TSPEAK20 https://lnkd.in/e6hxqb23 #OSFF2026 #OpenSource #OpenData FINOS