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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Aug 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.
 
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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/
Released:
Aug 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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A podcast for geospatial people. Weekly episodes that focus on the tech, trends, tools, and stories from the geospatial world. Interviews with the people that are shaping the future of GIS, geospatial as well as practitioners working in the geo industry. This is a podcast for the GIS and geospatial community subscribe or visit https://mapscaping.com to learn more