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New spatial functions in BigQuery, starting with Uber H3-js
As you may have seen in last week’s announcement, we are now working very closely with the Google BigQuery team to support the creation of a next generation spatial data in...
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PostGIS 3.0.0 Just Released
Most of our users are aware that under the hood, CARTO runs on PostgreSQL and PostGIS. In fact, when it comes to contributing to PostGIS, we are the most active organizatio...
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CARTO's Data Observatory 2.0, now powered by Google BigQuery
Today, at the Spatial Data Science Conference, we presented the recently launched Data Observatory 2.0 (DO). A new platform to discover and consume location data for spatia...
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Spatial Data Simplified: Introducing Data Observatory 2.0
Data is an essential ingredient for spatial analysis—which is predicated on access to your own data, plus useful third-party data. In the end, spatial analysis is about put...
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CARTO and SafeGraph Team Up for Behavior Pattern Insights
Today, perhaps more than ever before, people are on the move. Transitioning between roles as consumers, parents, employees, tourists, and more means making a lot of stops i...
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Spatial Leaders from Around the Globe Converge on SDSC19
The 3rd annual Spatial Data Science Conference is just three weeks away and we couldn’t be more excited. Being held at Columbia University, this year’s iteration of the for...
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Retail Revenue Prediction Models with Spatial Data Science
As we round the corner into the latter half of 2019, the retail apocalypse continues. Business Insider is projecting more than 8,000 store closures in 2019, with major bran...
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Live Connections to Remote Databases with Federated Tables
Getting your data connected is usually the first step in working with the CARTO platform. That data might be in files, databases, URLs, services, etc. The options are numer...
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Risk Analysis and Optimization with Weather Data
Weather is intertwined in the fabric of our lives. Much of the time, its impact is passive - we keep an umbrella in our desk, we check it to determine our outfit. Sometimes...
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Solving Global Litter with Machine Learning & Spatial Data
Surfrider, UNEP, Oceans Conservancy, Keep America Beautiful, Keep Britain Tidy, Zero Waste Canada: many of us will be familiar with the campaigns that NGOs and our governme...
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Inside CARTO Engineering: Configuration Management Makeover
Our primary goal at CARTO is to be the world’s leading Location Intelligence platform, empowering our clients with the best data and the best spatial analysis. We frequentl...
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Up-to-date Consumer & Demographic Data: The Backbone for Spatial Analysis
Unlocking the full power of Location Intelligence can only be done using the best data sets in combination with the best spatial analysis. It is for this reason that we hav...
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