Linux Foundation Announces Overture Maps Foundation to Build Interoperable Open Map Data

a pour but de fournir des données cartographiques « open source » en ligne

genre ya pas un projet qui existe DEJA pour ça en licence libre ? depuis 18 ans ? OSM c’est de la merde pour la fondation Linux ?

Le communiqué d’origine : ▻https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-overture-maps-foundation-to-build-intero

Qui dit que c’est parce que leur fondation à eux ça concernera plus de données différentes, pas juste géo :

The availability of open map data empowers developers and map creators to build new compelling applications. The project will seek to integrate with existing open map data from projects such as OpenStreetMap and city planning departments, along with new map data contributed by members and built using computer vision and AI/ML techniques to create a living digital record of the physical world. 

ll y a quelques mots dans la FAQ du projet : ▻https://overturemaps.org/resources/faq

What is the relationship between Overture and OpenStreetMap?

Overture is a data-centric map project, not a community of individual map editors. Therefore, Overture is intended to be complementary to OSM. We combine OSM with other sources to produce new open map data sets. Overture data will be available for use by the OpenStreetMap community under compatible open data licenses. Overture members are encouraged to contribute to OSM directly.

Commentaire d’un contrib OSM sur le forum : ▻https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/overturemaps-org-big-businesses-osmf-alternative/6760/8

The tensions between the corporate players and the OSMF have not been a big secret, by monopolizing data distribution they can effectively sideline the OSMF and cut it out of any contact with outside orgs, and in the end from opportunities to get outside funding (which it is now reliant on). After the daylight distribution test balloon not a big surprise. Naturally you can argue that the OSMF has always been at arms length with its data consumers, but there is a qualitative difference between distribution of data and services by a multitude of partners, and one single choke point.

The other part is contributing to OSM data. There the writing has been on the wall for a long time with Rapid purposely being kept outside of any OSMF influence. I suggested multiple times to meta that it would be a good trust building exercise to move Rapid to OSMF infrastructure and provide at least a modicum of community control, nothing ever came of it. Again this will allow overture.org 3 to cut the OSMF and the wider OSM community out of the picture and control how and with what data contributions to OSM are made. The irony of you asking about this as a HOT rep is not lost on me BTW.