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2026-02-18 release notes

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Overview​

The 2026-02-18.0 release of Overture data and v1.16.0 of the Overture schema are now available. You can access the datasets, changelog, GERS registry, bridge files, and PMTiles on AWS and Azure at the paths listed below.

What's new?​

In this release, we added a new admin_level property to the divisions schema to represent a division’s position in its country’s hierarchy, e.g. 0, 1, 2. We also updated our places guide with more information about our recent taxonomy work, including mappings across the basic_category, taxonomy, and categories properties. Last but not least, we updated our address data for Norway and made small improvements to our address schema thanks to user feedback from Johannes-Andersen. Keep the comments and discussions coming!

Deprecations​

The categories property in the places schema is now deprecated and will be removed in the June 2026 release, replaced by the new basic_category and taxonomy properties. All three properties will be available until then to ease the transition for our users.

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 community@overturemaps.org. We’d love to hear from you.

Release data​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/release/2026-02-18.0/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/release/2026-02-18.0/

Data changelog​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/changelog/2026-02-18.0/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/changelog/2026-02-18.0/

Bridge files​

Microsoft Azure:

az://overturemapswestus2.blob.core.windows.net/bridgefiles/2026-02-18.0/

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-us-west-2/bridgefiles/2026-02-18.0/

GERS registry​

Microsoft Azure:

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

Amazon S3:

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

PMTiles​

Amazon S3:

s3://overturemaps-extras-us-west-2/tiles/2026-02-18.0/

Theme-specific updates​

info

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

Addresses​

  • refreshed data in the following countries: Canada, Poland, Spain, Austria, US, Latvia, and Finland
  • updated Norway and improved our schema thanks to user feedback from Johannes-Andersen.

Base​

  • made minor, incremental updates to the data

Buildings​

  • made minor, incremental updates to the data

Divisions​

  • added new admin_level property to better represent a division's position in its country's administrative hierarchy, i.e. lower numbers correspond to higher level administrative units (0, 1, and 2).
  • adjusted top-level subtypes in Antigua and Barbuda.

Places​

  • refreshed Foursquare data
  • updated matching priorities, causing a slight drop in the number of PinMeTo-sourced place records

Transportation​

  • OSM cut-off date: 2026-02-08
  • added TomTom-sourced road segments in 65+ new countries including Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and El Salvador
  • ingested over 1.6M new TomTom-sourced road segments with a combined length of over 280k km
  • increased the total number of connectors to 405.9M and the total number of segments to 341.7M

Schema changelog​

The changelog for Overture schema v1.16.0 is here.

Attribution​

You'll find information about attribution and licensing here.