Powering current and next-generation map products by creating reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data

The GA release includes four themes, some of which are already informing use cases:

Buildings. Includes 2.3 billion unique building footprints worldwide. It already powers Microsoft’s Bing Maps, Esri’s ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, and Addresscloud’s insurance service platform, which provides insurers flood-level risk metrics for individual buildings. Look for more use cases from things such as property management, other risk assessment, economic development, 3D visualization, and more. Places of Interest. Offers data on nearly 54 million places worldwide, but will expand as new data is added. More broadly, other members can layer social signals, etc. on top of places for their own offerings. Divisions. National and regional administrative boundaries translated into over 40 different languages to support international use. Base. Contextual layers include land and water data and help complete display maps when needed.