Thank you to everyone who made State of the Map US 2024 a memorable and meaningful event! Our generous sponsors, enthusiastic speakers, and helpful volunteers (to mention just a few) helped make SotM US in Salt Lake City a killer conference.
State of the Map US 2024 by the numbers:
- Over 230 participants
- 80+ speakers including
- 44 first-time presenters (more than half!)
- Over 25% of speakers identifying as women, nonbinary, or third gender
- Representatives from 13 countries & 24 states
- 7 scholars joining us from the US, Bangladesh & Brazil
- 17 sponsors
- At least 50% of folks attending their first State of the Map US
- One epic lunch line
We have updates to share including photos and session videos:
- Photographs from the conference, taken by Matt Herp of Conference Images are available on our Flickr page.
- Social event photos are available here! Have some to add? Email them to events@openstreetmap.us.
- Presentation recordings are being uploaded to the OpenStreetMap US YouTube channel and our website over the next few weeks. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to be notified when new sessions are uploaded.
- Slide decks from SOTMUS presentations are available here.
This was our first conference to lean into a focus area, “The Great Outdoors”. This theme aligned with our growing work in the responsible recreation space through our Trails Stewardship Initiative and the Utah campaign to improve data on trails throughout the state. Plus, with its natural beauty and abundance of state parks, Utah was a wonderful place to celebrate the outdoors.
Thanks to the 20+ new members who joined OSM US during the conference. Not a member yet? It’s easy to join. Plus, when you become a member of OpenStreetMap US, you receive discounts for special events like SotM US.
This brings us to next year’s conference! Have you heard? State of the Map US is headed to Boston in 2025, where OpenStreetMap US will celebrate our 15th anniversary as a nonprofit! Details to follow… Stay connected to all things OpenStreetMap US and subscribe to our newsletter. Hope to see you next year!
