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2025-12-17 release notes

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Overview​

The 2025-12-17.0 release of Overture data and v1.15.0 of the Overture schema are now available. The datasets and release artifacts are available as GeoParquet files stored on both AWS and Azure.

What's new?​

We added a new taxonomy property to our places schema this month, as part of our ongoing initiative to redesign the places category system. The new property offers a streamlined and logical structure with consolidated primary and alternate names and a hierarchy that makes clear the parent/child relationship between categories.

In October, we introduced the basic_category property. That property corresponds 1:1 to the primary place name in the new taxonomy property. (It also maps to the primary name in the original categories property.) The hierarchical paths in taxonomy support deeper and more logical structures. For example, in the restaurant branch, you can see a clear progression from very broad to very specific category names: restaurant > asian_restaurant > east_asian_restaurant > chinese_restaurant > cantonese_restaurant. This kind of structure makes it easier to aggregate and display POIs in meaningful ways.

The original categories property, with more than 2100 category names, will remain in the schema for the next several months so that users can compare the old system to the new taxonomy.

Examples:

  1. Original categories system
properties:
   categories:
      primary: greasy_diner
  1. basic_category mapped to primary category in original categories system
properties:
   basic_category: casual_eatery
   categories:
      primary: gas_station_sushi
      alternate:
         - bait_and_tackle
  1. New taxonomy
properties:
   basic_category: casual_eatery
   taxonomy: 
      hierarchy: [food_and_drink, restaurant, casual_eatery, gas_station_sushi]
      primary: gas_station_sushi
      alternate:
         - gas_station
         - sushi_restaurant

Getting the data and release artifacts​

You can access this month's data and release artifacts by following the process outlined here. The paths to the data and release artifacts are listed below. 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.

Release data​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/release/2025-12-17.0/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/release/2025-12-17.0/

Data changelog​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/changelog/2025-12-17.0/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/changelog/2025-12-17.0/

Bridge files​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/bridgefiles/2025-12-17.0/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/bridgefiles/2025-12-17.0/

GERS registry​

Microsoft Azure:

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

Amazon S3:

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

Theme-specific updates​

info

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

Addresses​

Base​

  • refreshed OSM data 2025-11-30
  • made minor, incremental updates to the data
  • added 9,690 rollercoasters to infrastructure!

Rollercoasters!

Buildings​

  • refreshed OSM data 2025-11-30
  • made minor, incremental updates to the data

Divisions​

  • refreshed OSM data
  • made minor, incremental updates to the data

Places​

  • added new taxonomy property

Transportation​

  • added more than 725k new TomTom-sourced transportation segments in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, Algeria, Colombia, Belarus, and Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • refreshed OSM data 2025-11-30

Schema changelog​

The changelog for Overture schema v1.15.0 is here.

Attribution​

You'll find information about attribution and licensing here.