Foursquare OS Places vs. Overture Maps

The rise of open POI (Points of Interest) data has transformed how businesses access location intelligence. Two major players have emerged: Foursquare OS Places and Overture Maps. In this post, we'll compare these datasets and show how Reprompt can help you leverage both.

Overture Maps

Overture Maps is a collaborative effort backed by major tech companies to create an open, interoperable map dataset. Key characteristics:

Global coverage with 60+ million places worldwide
Open license allowing commercial use
Regular updates from multiple data sources
Standardized schema for easy integration

Overture Challenges

Data quality varies by region
Limited attribute coverage
Some categories have sparse data
4.5% of businesses have incomplete addresses

Foursquare OS Places

Foursquare OS Places provides access to Foursquare's comprehensive places database. Key characteristics:

100+ million places globally
Rich attributes including hours, ratings, and categories
Verified data from real user check-ins
Deep category taxonomy with 900+ categories

Foursquare Challenges

40% of global records may need refreshing
Some regions have better coverage than others
Certain niche categories are underrepresented

How Reprompt Helps

This is where Reprompt comes in. Our AI agents can:

Merge datasets - Combine Overture and Foursquare data for comprehensive coverage
Fill gaps - Use AI to enrich missing attributes from web research
Validate freshness - Automatically verify if business information is current
Standardize formats - Normalize data from different sources into a unified schema

Recommendations

Based on your use case:

For global coverage: Start with Overture, enrich with Reprompt
For US/Europe depth: Use Foursquare as primary, supplement with Overture
For maximum accuracy: Combine both and validate with Reprompt AI

Get Started

Ready to leverage the best of both worlds? Sign up for Reprompt and start enriching your location data today.