26-07-2023 18:05 via macdailynews.com

Meta, Microsoft, TomTom, and Amazon team up on maps in effort to crack Apple-Google duopoly

A group of tech companies, including Meta, Microsoft, TomTom, and Amazon Web Services, is releasing a dataset of map data that could be used to create new mapping products that take on Apple Maps and Google Maps. The dataset includes 59 million points of interest, such as restaurants and landmarks, and was collected and donated by Meta and Microsoft.
Apple’s Maps’ offline maps feature
Kif Leswing for CNBC:The Overture Maps Foundation, which was established late last year, captured 59
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