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AWS, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation
TechCrunch· 1 year agoThe Linux Foundation today announced the launch of the Overture Maps Foundation, a new nonprofit...
The ‘Easy Rider’ Bandit Robbed 12 Banks. Now He Reveals Why.
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Courtesy of Ridwaan Domingo, Pixabay,...
One woman’s battle to push Africa’s space race
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks ago[Marie Makuate] Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate has been at the forefront of using information harvested by satellites to help save the lives of...
Meta, Microsoft and Amazon team up on maps project to crack Apple-Google duopoly
NBC Universal via AOL· 9 months agoGoogle and Apple dominate the market for online maps, charging mobile app developers for access to...
Overture Maps Foundation releases the first beta of its open map dataset
TechCrunch· 1 week agoThe Overture Maps Foundation today launched the first beta of its global open map dataset. With...
You can't use Apple Maps offline — here are the 4 best alternatives for navigating without an...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agovalentinrussanov / Getty Images You can't use Apple Maps offline, so you need to use a different app...
Linux Group Shares Its First Open Dataset for Creating Real Google Maps Alternatives
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIf you’re not Google (or, to a much lesser extent, Apple), map apps are damned hard to make. Last...
Study Reveals Vast Networks of 'Ghost Roads' in Asian Rainforests
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAn extensive analysis of satellite imagery has uncovered thousands of miles of unmapped roads...
Drones equipped with lasers uncover secrets of bloody WWII battle
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDugout with entrance from the Battle of the Bulge site. Aerial drones equipped with lasers have...
Amazon, Microsoft-led group shares data for open alternative to Google Maps
Engadget· 9 months agoThe Overture Maps Foundation, a group founded by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom, has released an...