In this podcast episode, Jennings Anderson, a research scientist at Meta, discusses the Overture Maps Foundation , a downstream product of OpenStreetMap. He explains his background in open map data and his interest in studying collaboration within the OpenStreetMap community. Jennings then dives into the Daylight Distribution , an open data product produced by Meta, and how it combines building data sets from various sources into one unified theme. Jennings emphasizes the importance of a stable ID system within the Overture Maps Foundation and the potential for easy conflation and integration of third-party data. Jennings also explains the relationship between OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, highlighting how they complement each other. Relevant podcast episodes OpenStreetMap Is A Community Of Communities Cloud Native Geospatial Cloud Optimized Point Clouds The Rapid Editor With regards to accessing Overture Map data, you might find this YouTube video helpful https://youtu.be/fZj6kTwXN1U?feature=shared Just in case you are interested in the Google building footprints here is a link to that :) https://sites.research.google/open-buildings/ Some more episodes you might enjoy ESRI , GIS careers , Geospatial Data Science QGIS , Geospatial Python , ArcGIS Pro Google Maps , Geomatics , Cartography Location Intelligence , Mapping
