Google Maps has been a savior for so many drivers for years but it appears that the world of navigation is all set to take a unique turn.
This past year, Amazon Web Services combined with other tech giants from the industry including Microsoft united to bring about a new service called OMF (Overture Maps Foundation). The plan was to produce and put forward a lot of open-source data which plenty of third parties could gain benefit from.
The efforts so far have really brought about so many advantages after eight long months as now, we’re seeing it get set for the launch of the initial dataset.
Alongside this mega launch, we saw several developers get the chance to produce navigation platforms that served as major competition for the likes of Google Maps.
The new OMF app will entail a ton of data that’s divided into several layers and the categories would entail information from nearly 60 million locations. And when you stare at the map put on the real website, the release entails close to the majority of it all but it does exclude regions that are on the far edge of the universe.
Such subsets were created so that developers have a great understanding of the world and they’re offering free-of-cost access that’s interoperable. Both Apple as well as Google are putting out fees for developers and hindering them from attaining access to APIs falling under their own domain. Hence, you can see how this might disturb regular business.
For now, it’s not known when we might start to see any platforms making use of this dataset. But we may see this pop out of nowhere including software put out near smartphone maps. We may also see this data in autonomous locations and in domains related to education and the metaverse as per a statement delineated through Linux.
And just in case you happen to be a developer, please install this app through its website but you might need a membership to get access to it at the start. Clearly, there’s a lot of information missing and we hope it pops up sooner than later.
Now, the real question is whether or not this is just the right amount of effort required to put Google and Apple in line as they’ve been market leaders in the industry for so long.
Experts say yes because the collaboration of many tech giants to harvest products of the next generation is really in a league of its own. Today, Google Maps is at the top of the list with close to 10 billion installs arising.
Hence, we could be a while away from seeing such big names in the industry get dethroned but if things do go as planned, that day is not far.
As the old saying goes, the more competition, the healthier the ecosystem and the better service users will get.
Read next: Google Reports 5% Growth In Search Revenue For Q2 2023 With A Smaller Rise On The Advertising Front
This past year, Amazon Web Services combined with other tech giants from the industry including Microsoft united to bring about a new service called OMF (Overture Maps Foundation). The plan was to produce and put forward a lot of open-source data which plenty of third parties could gain benefit from.
The efforts so far have really brought about so many advantages after eight long months as now, we’re seeing it get set for the launch of the initial dataset.
Alongside this mega launch, we saw several developers get the chance to produce navigation platforms that served as major competition for the likes of Google Maps.
The new OMF app will entail a ton of data that’s divided into several layers and the categories would entail information from nearly 60 million locations. And when you stare at the map put on the real website, the release entails close to the majority of it all but it does exclude regions that are on the far edge of the universe.
Such subsets were created so that developers have a great understanding of the world and they’re offering free-of-cost access that’s interoperable. Both Apple as well as Google are putting out fees for developers and hindering them from attaining access to APIs falling under their own domain. Hence, you can see how this might disturb regular business.
For now, it’s not known when we might start to see any platforms making use of this dataset. But we may see this pop out of nowhere including software put out near smartphone maps. We may also see this data in autonomous locations and in domains related to education and the metaverse as per a statement delineated through Linux.
And just in case you happen to be a developer, please install this app through its website but you might need a membership to get access to it at the start. Clearly, there’s a lot of information missing and we hope it pops up sooner than later.
Now, the real question is whether or not this is just the right amount of effort required to put Google and Apple in line as they’ve been market leaders in the industry for so long.
Experts say yes because the collaboration of many tech giants to harvest products of the next generation is really in a league of its own. Today, Google Maps is at the top of the list with close to 10 billion installs arising.
Hence, we could be a while away from seeing such big names in the industry get dethroned but if things do go as planned, that day is not far.
As the old saying goes, the more competition, the healthier the ecosystem and the better service users will get.
Read next: Google Reports 5% Growth In Search Revenue For Q2 2023 With A Smaller Rise On The Advertising Front
