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More Out of the Box Styling Power and Upgraded CartoCSS with 2.0
With the recent release of 2.0, you have probably noticed a our complete overhaul of styling features in CartoDB. In this post we are going to explore those features in det...
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Introducing CartoDB 2.0
This Thursday, November 29th, we will be releasing our biggest update yet to CartoDB. What this means for you is that there will be a period of approximately 6 hours downti...
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Visualizing 50 Years of Rolling Stones Concerts
The Stones passed the half-centuty mark as a band this year. An incredible achievement for an incredible band. They also happen to be one of the most prolific touring bands...
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Happy PostGIS day!
Yesterday was GIS day, so naturally today, and the next 364 days, are PostGIS days. In order to celebrate a year of PostGIS days, we’ve made this little map which we hope y...
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How to build real-time, cross-device electoral maps
With US Presidential Election just around the corner, we want to show you how to use CartoDB to power dynamic, fully scalable, cross-device maps that update instantly, with...
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Things are moving fast in the mapping community #SOTMPDX
While still only three-quarters of the way through the year, 2012 will definitely be referenced as an important year for maps. In 2012 Google began charging for maps, ESRI ...
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How we made the stratos freefall jump live demo
Eight million people followed yesterday the YouTube live stream from the Red Bull Stratos Challenge. According to the video service, it was the largest-ever simultaneous vi...
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A 120,000 feet freefall jump live map powered by CartoDB
When we read about Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground in ...
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Getting creative with CartoDB
The combination of styling with SQL on CartoDB gives a surprising range of freedom to create data visualizations. I find myself often thinking about creative solutions to m...
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