Overture Maps - Divisions

The Overture Maps divisions theme includes features that represent human settlements in the real world, such as countries, regions, states, cities and towns.

1. Boundary: A boundary is typically an officially-defined border between two divisions. In light of geopolitical issues, some boundaries represent standalone disputed or treaty lines and therefore do not coincide with the border of a division.

2. Division: A division is a recognized official or non-official organization of people as seen from a given political perspective. Examples of divisions include countries, provinces, cities, towns and neighborhoods.

3. Division_area: division area is a polygon that represents the land or maritime area associated with a division.

Founded in 2022 under the Joint Development Foundation, Overture Maps Foundation (Overture Maps) is dedicated to the development of reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data that will power current and next-generation map products. We build this data through a collaborative process that combines technology, data, and support from a wide range of companies. Map data are assembled from multiple sources including members, civic organizations, and open data sources.

Overture's data themes and schema are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. GERS IDs are licensed under CDLA Permissive v 2.0. Data associated with the themes through GERS can carry different licenses. However, if the data associated though GERS with an ODbL licensed theme constitutes a derivative dataset, it must be licensed under ODbL. See OpenStreetMap Community Guidelines for definitions of a derivative database.

This data is processed, onboarded and maintained by CARTO in collaboration with the Overture Maps Foundation.