This project aims to combine open point-of-interest data sources to create a free, open list of destinations with richer metadata, higher completeness, and more reliable certainty metrics than any individual data source.
| Source | Description | POIs derived from: | Updates | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStreetMap | Free, editable map of the world | Volunteer contributions | Continuous | ODbL |
| Overture Maps places theme | Industry collaboration for open spatial data under the Linux Foundation | Microsoft and Meta records | Monthly | CDLA Permissive 2.0 |
| Foursquare OS Places | Open-source subset of Foursquare proprietary POI data | Foursquare reviews | Monthly | Apache License v.2.0 |
| AllThePlaces | A growing set of web scrapers designed to output consistent geodata about as many places of business in the world as possible. | Web scrapers | Weekly | CC0 v.1.0 |
- Catching OSM Up with External Data with a Workflow and Tools for Conflation and Validation, by Stefan Keller (SoTM 2024 talk: September 7, 2024)
- A Global Comparison of Restaurants in OpenStreetMap and Overture Places, by William Edmisten (October 21, 2024)
- See discussion on the OpenStreetMap forum.
- Foursquare's 104M Points of Interest, by Mark Litwintschik (November 21, 2024)
- OpenStreetMap forum threads on other data sources:
- Overturemaps.org - big-businesses OSMF alternative (December 2022)
- Overture Maps first dataset release (July 2023)
- Improving OpenStreetMap shop coverage with AllThePlaces (October 2024)
- Foursquare releases 100M+ POI dataset under Apache 2.0 (November 2024)
Minghini, M., & Frassinelli, F. (2019). OpenStreetMap history for intrinsic quality assessment: Is OSM up-to-date? Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards, 4(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40965-019-0067-x
Sehra, S., Singh, J., & Rai, H. (2017). Assessing OpenStreetMap Data Using Intrinsic Quality Indicators: An Extension to the QGIS Processing Toolbox. Future Internet, 9(2), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi9020015
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