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Hidden in plain sight: Open-source maps track America’s power-hungry AI datacenters

Epoch AI’s map places visual markers over known sites. Each marker links to satellite views and project details. One green ...
MUO on MSN

This is the open-source Google Maps alternative I’ve been waiting for

I trialed this open-source navigation app that's taking on Google Maps with a community-driven approach, and the results were interesting.
Android Authority

Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta team up to challenge Google Maps and Apple Maps

Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and TomTom have created an organization called the Overture Maps Foundation. The group has launched an initiative to take on Google Maps and Apple Maps. Overture’s open-source ...
Computer Weekly

TomTom Maps widens scope to integrate open ‘super source’ data

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Geolocation technology specialist TomTom (TOM2) has told software application developers focused on mapping ...
Computer Weekly

Overture Maps Foundation charts open maps datasets

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. The Overture Maps Foundation is described as a “collaborative effort” to enable current and next-generation ...
Ars Technica

Linux, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft want to break the Google Maps monopoly

Google Maps is getting some competition. The Linux Foundation has announced Overture Maps, a “new collaborative effort to develop interoperable open map data as a shared asset that can strengthen ...