Improving Healthcare Access with Spatial Data Models
America’s urban-rural divide looms large in modern American discourse, across varied and diverse fields and arenas. The nation’s rural areas, as designated by the US Census...
Spatial Data
50 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Spatial Data Science
Last year’s 50 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts was one of our most popular blog posts. That list focused on people from all over the Location Intelligence industry, from journ...
Spatial Data
Mapping Segregation - MIT's Atlas of Inequality
This week, The Atlas of Inequality, a joint project from MIT Media Lab’s Human Dynamics Group and the Department of Mathematics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, was lau...
Data Visualization
Build A Clicks-to-Bricks Strategy Using Spatial Data Science
McKinsey estimates that in-store sales will still make up 75% to 85% of all retail sales in 2025. For online-native retailers eyeing growth and expansion, this makes an omn...
Spatial Data
Opportunity Zones in the Wake of Amazon HQ2
To say that Amazon’s HQ2 decision proved divisive would be an understatement. Whether Jeff Bezos selected the neighborhoods of Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia and Long ...
Spatial Data
Vision Zero in the New Era of Location Data Streams
Vision Zero, a popular initiative aiming to eliminate traffic fatalities and injuries, emphasizes the need for more traffic data analysis. In understanding past mobility an...
Spatial Data
Find and fix underperforming retail markets with spatial data models
Although 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 Data
COPY'ing with the Python SDK
Are you a python developer? Have you ever implemented some python code to produce, load or process some data and then wanted to upload it to CARTO? Here is how.
Data Processing
Bulk CARTO Import Using COPY
There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the constant growth in data sizes.
Data Processing
Predicting Collisions in NYC with New Data Streams and Spatial Analysis
Since GPS devices first appeared in cars in 1995, routing technology has been guiding us from Point A to Point B. In addition to its utility at the individual level, this n...
Spatial Data
Balancing Territories for Equity and Efficiency: A Field Sales Data Study
Sales territory management is a balancing act. Maintaining equity between salespeople, maximizing profitability, and minimizing costs are important and interconnected facto...
Data Visualization
Site Planning and Revenue Prediction: Optimizing Food Truck Locations in New York City
Advances made possible thanks to location data continue transforming business practices and processes when it comes to site planning. And now with insights from new data st...
Data Visualization
