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Microsoft and Overture Maps partner to open up spatial data
Microsoft's VP of Places Data, Jeffrey Hightower, and Overture Maps CTO Amy Rose discuss their partnership to integrate open spatial data into Microsoft tools. Overture Maps, with 50 member organizations, creates standardized global spatial datasets. The collaboration aims to solve challenges in digitally mapping the world.
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The partnership signals a push for open, interoperable spatial data, but execution at scale remains the real test.
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