Did you know it’s now been over 15 years since Google Street View was launched? It’s been a truly revolutionary technology, allowing users to immerse themselves in places a...
Cartography & VisualizationThe recent release of PostGIS 3.0 brings an updated spatial reference system table that includes over 8000 projections out-of-the-box. We’re happy to report that the Equal ...
Cartography & VisualizationLike much of the rest of the world, the team here at CARTO includes dozens of passionate fans of HBO’s megahit, Game of Thrones, which comes to its much anticipated conclus...
Cartography & VisualizationYou have probably heard about Microsoft’s work this past year, in training a neural network to polygonize satellite imagery into building footprints. This work resulted in ...
Cartography & Visualization2018 is drawing to a close and here at CARTO it has been a year for the record books. From January’s company retreat in Valencia to this month’s inclusion as Strong Perform...
Cartography & VisualizationThe recent releases of CARTO VL and Airship presented the opportunity for a post on solving common mapping problems.
Cartography & VisualizationUsing synced data streams and CARTO VL, this map shows active fire perimeters and their growth since the beginning of July.
Cartography & VisualizationAt CARTO we challenge ourselves to use our platform as our users do. For us, this serves several purposes:
Cartography & VisualizationWe have recently implemented dynamic aggregation for both raster and Mapbox Vector Tiles in CARTO’s Engine. You can find the documentation here.
Cartography & VisualizationToday, we are excited to share the new and enhanced versions of our signature basemaps, Positron and Dark Matter.
Cartography & VisualizationWhile early cartographers didn’t use the term “location intelligence,” they were keenly aware that their maps had an intended purpose.
Cartography & VisualizationLearn how to create beautiful, informative map palettes step-by-step in our new Map Academy Intermediate Design lesson: How to Choose Map Colors, Part 2.
Cartography & VisualizationOne of the most welcomed features of modern vector renderers is the performance advantage they bring to the table. While SVG and Canvas renderers have been developed in the...
Core TechAlthough the landscape has drastically transformed over the last decade, retail analytics have not kept pace which is causing some retailers to close the wrong store locati...
Spatial DataIt’s with a lot of pride that we’re releasing CARTOframes, a Python package for interacting with CARTO that’s built specifically with data scientists in mind.
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