Overture Member Summit 2026

In many areas of geospatial data, we believe human experience and interactions are what makes data usable. While AI/ML generated datasets are steadily improving in quality, these can’t capture numerous aspects of daily life.

It is, however, still difficult to access and tap into the many sources of local knowledge. To improve this, HOT is introducing the “Open Mapping Marketplace”, which provides a platform for organizations, including commercial companies, to procure open geospatial data that is locally sourced by mapping communities all over the world.

Data creation tasks can include imagery acquisition (mainly drone imagery for now), ground truthing of AI models, creating locally relevant and applicable training datasets in a sustainable and ethical way, and more traditional data collection and mapping activities.

This session will offer attendees a practical framework for engaging with open mapping communities in a way that drives data quality while ensuring long-term sustainability and mutual benefit.