Meta, Microsoft and Amazon come together to challenge Google's dominance over digital maps

Google will make over $4.5 billion through their Maps business alone this year. Since no tech company has been able to take on Google Maps, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon will be partnering up with other tech companies to make a digital map service to take on Google. The project, which is being managed by the Linux Foundation is called the Overture Maps Foundation but will be majorly driven by Amazon Web Services, Facebook’s parent company Meta, Microsoft and the Dutch mapping company TomTom. “By delivering interoperable open map data, Overture provides the foundation for an open metaverse built by creators, developers, and businesses alike.” This new initiative is being seen as a force that is taking on Google’s dominance of the domain of digital maps. For example, the Linux Foundation also recently announced the OpenWallet Foundation to develop interoperable digital wallets, pushing back against the closed payment ecosystems fostered by giant tech corporations like Google and Apple.