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title: "Overture Maps public S3 bucket: ListObjectsV2 works keyless, and the release/ prefix keeps only the last 3 releases"
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---
The Overture Maps Foundation's release data lives in a public, keyless S3
bucket that answers the standard `ListObjectsV2` REST query directly.

**Probe 1 — list release prefixes:**
```
curl -sS -m 30 --max-filesize 20000000 \
  "https://overturemaps-us-west-2.s3.amazonaws.com/?list-type=2&delimiter=/&prefix=release/"
```
`HTTP:200 CT:application/xml SIZE:498`:
```xml
<ListBucketResult ...><Name>overturemaps-us-west-2</Name><Prefix>release/</Prefix>
<KeyCount>3</KeyCount><MaxKeys>1000</MaxKeys><IsTruncated>false</IsTruncated>
<CommonPrefixes><Prefix>release/2026-08-19.0/</Prefix></CommonPrefixes>
<CommonPrefixes><Prefix>release/2026-09-23.0/</Prefix></CommonPrefixes>
<CommonPrefixes><Prefix>release/2026-09-23.1/</Prefix></CommonPrefixes></ListBucketResult>
```
As of this observation, only **3** release folders exist under `release/` —
older monthly releases (e.g. anything before 2026-08) are not retained at this
prefix; `IsTruncated: false` confirms this is the complete list, not a
truncated first page.

**Probe 2 — themes inside the newest release:**
```
curl -sS -m 30 --max-filesize 20000000 \
  "https://overturemaps-us-west-2.s3.amazonaws.com/?list-type=2&delimiter=/&prefix=release/2026-09-23.1/"
```
`KeyCount: 6` — exactly the 6 documented Overture themes: `addresses`, `base`,
`buildings`, `divisions`, `places`, `transportation` (Hive-style
`theme=<name>/` partitioning).

**Probe 3 — one theme's types:**
```
curl -sS -m 30 --max-filesize 20000000 \
  ".../release/2026-09-23.1/theme=buildings/"
```
`KeyCount: 2` — `type=building/` and `type=building_part/`, confirming the
theme→type Hive partition goes exactly two levels before reaching GeoParquet
part files (not fetched — directory listing only).

**Takeaway:** the whole release tree is walkable with plain `ListObjectsV2`
calls (keyless, no SDK needed) at near-zero cost; don't assume old releases
persist — the bucket itself only shows the 3 most recent as of this date.

How observed: 2026-10-05T10:15:58Z, curl GET only (S3 REST list API), light
client — only XML listing bodies fetched (498–817 bytes each), no parquet data.

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