Simon WillisonJul 27, 2023

https://overturemaps.org/ released an astonishing GIS dataset yesterday that includes 60m "place of interest" listings (businesses, attractions etc) under a VERY permissive license

It's 8GB of data and the quality from an initial spot-check seems to be very high. I wrote about how I've been exploring it so far here:

https://til.simonwillison.net/overture-maps/overture-maps-parquet

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Show threadBen Hur
@simon Thank you for this! I also downloaded the entire dataset and was able to extract data for the Philippines (bounding box) using the approach you shared. 👍
Jul 28, 2023 at 5:52amWeb
Show threadJoost SchouppeJul 28, 2023
@benhur07b @simon do you take requests? :)
Show threadEugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭Jul 28, 2023
@benhur07b my question is, why are there dots all over the seas?
Show threadBen HurJul 29, 2023

@seav That I do not know. 😅

Your mileage may vary talaga sa data na to. Haven't dived deep into it pero mukha ngang hindi (pa) ganun kaganda quality.