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2025-10-22 release notes

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October 23, 2025: We detected an issue with the GERS registry generation and have temporarily removed the registry files from our public buckets while we fix it.

Overview​

The 2025-10-22.0 release of Overture data and v1.13.0 of the Overture schema are now available. The datasets and release artifacts are available as GeoParquet files stored on both AWS and Azure. There are several data updates and (minor) breaking schema changes in this release.

What's new?​

New basic_category property in the places schema​

In the places schema this month, we introduced a simple basic_category property that maps to our original categories.primary property. This change is part of a new initiative to reimagine Overture's category taxonomy. The new property is based on a commonly-used cognitive science concept called "basic-level categories," where category names balance being specific enough to be useful while general enough to be broadly applicable.

Major data updates and GERS stability in addresses​

The addresses theme has hit a new high of 455 million records, an increase of nine million records from our September release. More than 325 million of those records retained their GERS ID from the previous release, a major milestone for GERS stability as addresses moves toward General Availability next quarter.

Getting the data and release artifacts​

You can access this month's data and release artifacts by following the process outlined here. We encourage you to ask questions and provide feedback on the Overture Maps Discussion forum on GitHub. You can also file issues and report bugs in our data and schema repositories. If you have a suggestion for a new dataset or if you have data you'd like to contribute to Overture, you can email us at info@overturemaps.org. We’d love to hear from you.

The paths are:

Release data​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/release/2025-10-22.0/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/release/2025-10-22.0/

Data changelog​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/changelog/2025-10-22.0/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/changelog/2025-10-22.0/

Bridge files​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/bridgefiles/2025-10-22.0/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/bridgefiles/2025-10-22.0/

GERS registry​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/registry/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/registry/

Theme-specific updates​

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The base, buildings, divisions, places, and transportation themes are in GA. The addresses theme is in alpha.

Addresses​

  • added additional postal_city values to NAD-sourced US addresses
  • added new data in the following locations:
    • Faroe Islands
    • Serbia
    • USA
      • Mississippi
      • Idaho: Ada County
      • Oregon: Jackson County
      • Florida: Orange County, Palm Beach County
      • Michigan: Musgekon County, Kent County, Allegan County
      • many others from NAD
  • refreshed data in the following locations:
    • Austria
    • Australia
    • Canada
    • Japan
    • Finland
    • Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Hesse, Saxony)
    • Hong Kong
    • Latvia
    • Lithuania
    • Luxembourg
    • Poland
    • Slovakia
    • Spain
    • Taiwan (CHA, KEE, KHH, KIN, MIA, NWT, TAO, TNN, TPE, TXG, YUN)
    • USA
  • fixed the following bugs:
    • removed unincorporated placeholder value in address_level from NAD
    • added Estonia units
    • fixed missing numbers in Lithuania
    • removed various duplicate address records
    • fixed issue sometimes causing invalid address_level values in Slovenia
  • identified the following "known" issues:
    • partial loss of data in: Placer County, CA, USA; Desoto County, FL, USA; Schleswig-Holstein, DE
    • full loss of data in Kern County, CA, USA

Base​

  • made minor, incremental updates to the data
  • refreshed OpenStreetMap data as of 2025-10-11

Buildings​

  • fixed a de-duplication bug, allowing ~5 million more Google-sourced buildings in SE Asia
  • populated the license property in sources for building height data
  • refreshed OpenStreetMap data as of 2025-10-11

Divisions​

  • refreshed OSM data on 2025-10-02
  • made minor, incremental updates to the data

Places​

Transportation​

  • added new TomTom-sourced segment data
  • refreshed OpenStreetMap data as of 2025-09-29

Schema changelog​

The changelog for Overture schema v1.13.0 is here.

Attribution​

You'll find information about attribution and licensing here.