This scenario could change in the future, or at least that's what Amazon, Meta and Microsoft intend to get.

The aforementioned trio of US companies partnered with TomTom and founded Overture Maps Foundation (OMF) with the aim of creating collaborative and interoperable map solutions. He has now announced the first set of open map data, an important step in tackling the duopoly of Google and Apple.

Joining forces to create alternatives to Google Maps

The mapping data of the project are already available in alpha version under CDLA Permissive v2.0 license. This means that any external developer can use them to create their own maps applications or specific navigation or positioning products with high-quality information.

Precisely, one of the great challenges of anyone who tries to compete against Google or Apple is to have a data set large enough and up-to-date. In this sense, what OMF has done is to group and publish openly the data provided by its founders alongside those publicly available.

In quantitative terms, we're facing 59 million places of interest around the world with 780 million building related data. In addition, transport layers, based on OpenStreetMap data, and regional and national administrative boundaries translated into more than 40 languages for international use, have been included.