Posts by
Matt Forrest

Map Tiles: Everything You Need To Know
An introduction to map tiles: a method for visualizing big spatial data, including a guide for generating map tiles with Spatial SQL.
CARTO Workflows (beta) are here: no code spatial analysis
Introducing CARTO Workflows - a no code tool for processing and analyzing spatial data! Unlock spatial analysis without needing to know SQL or Python.
3 ways to load geospatial data into Redshift
Looking to load geospatial data into Amazon Redshift? Find out how to do this using Python, GDAL, Airbyte & dbt.
Why you should stop using Tableau & Power BI for spatial analysis
Business Intelligence tools aren’t optimal for spatial analysis. Discover alternatives to Tableau & Power BI.
Introducing CARTO Workflows: Spatial analytics for all users
CARTO Workflows provides a complete user interface for spatial analysis that leverages the power of spatial SQL and cloud data warehouses.
Data warehouses vs. GPU accelerated analytics for geospatial analysis
We explore the benefits of using data warehouses with spatial capabilities over GPU accelerated analytics for geospatial analysis.
CARTO and Google Cloud Announce Climate Insights for Infrastructure
Today, we are proud to announce in conjunction with Google Cloud, the availability of an innovative climate insights offering for infrastructure.
Find and fix underperforming retail markets with spatial data models
Discover why retailers are building market performance models with Location Intelligence in our latest post
How Location Intelligence improves trade area coverage during retail mergers and acquisition
Retail mergers and acquisitions are driving revenue increases, and in this post learn why retail analysts rely on Location Intelligence when making consolidation decisions.
What is Supply Chain Network Design and How Does It Work?
This grocery chain has 1,110 stores served by 8 distribution centers. We used location intelligence to optimize their supply chain, saving $1.1M in fuel and time costs.