Things are moving fast in the mapping community #SOTMPDX While still only three-quarters of the way through the year 2012, it was a pivotal year for maps, with significant changes occurring. Google began charging for maps, ESRI acquired key geospatial innovators, Amazon launched its own maps API, and Apple launched its own maps app. Meanwhile, online map providers such as Apple, Craigslist, Wikipedia, and FourSquare made the switch to OpenStreetMap. The community came together at the State of the Map conference in Portland, where they shared exciting updates on projects like Mapnik, OpenPlans, Flickr, and FourSquare, as well as a discussion around MapBox's recent grant and plans for OSM development. The Natural Earth v2 release candidate was also announced, a valuable resource for the community. As users of OSM data, the organizers were thrilled to see progress happening and were excited to contribute to the future of mapping online. CartoDB 2.0 is expected to make it easier to combine and manage OSM baselayers with projects and data, offering new possibilities for high-quality map creation and visualization.