A collection of links for a NICAR 2012 presentation. It will suggest broad themes for the past year, and try to support them with examples from work in the field. This is a work in progress. Feel free to crap on it, or add your own ideas.
Escape from Google Maps
Google changed the rules of the game. There are now usage limits. Read about them here
TileMill, custom tiles, need examples
Links to ranty blog posts from Nestoria guy and others
One replacement is simple line maps drawn using HTML5 technologies like SVG, Canvas and VML. You saw this example a lot in election maps during the GOP primaries, like NYT, WaPo, HuffPo, LAT