Water body data sources #502
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Hi!
I would like to raise a question regarding how the water body data in Overture is generated. My question stems from comparing Google Maps with Overture/OSM in this area:
https://explore.overturemaps.org/?mode=explore&feature=base.water.390b5fa5-2432-362a-8099-947d86bf62ec#13.08/33.64409/-88.43839
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/564924368#map=13/33.64335/-88.40990
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6538633,-88.4569314,13.83z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
As can be seen Google has a lot more smaller water bodies visible in the area. My guess is that they might be extracting water bodies from ESA WorldCover:
https://viewer.esa-worldcover.org/worldcover/?language=en&bbox=-88.57739390304417,33.587038597115566,-88.30055578172939,33.704520098081744&overlay=false&bgLayer=OSM&date=2026-03-11&layer=WORLDCOVER_2021_MAP
Seeing as WorldCover is already an input source to Overture I was wondering whether it has been considered to be used as a source for water data as well?
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