Foundation Models: Transforming the Future of Spatial Analytics

Foundation Models: Transforming the Future of Spatial Analytics

Explore how geospatial foundation models like Google’s PDFM are revolutionizing spatial analytics, from disaster response to urban planning with CARTO.

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Geo for the Agentic Era: Highlights from #SDSC25 London

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How Iceberg, GeoParquet & CARTO are reshaping geospatial

Uncovering Site Selection Strategies using Point of Interest Data

Uncovering Site Selection Strategies using Point of Interest Data

Discover how Point of Interest (POI) data can be used to uncover site selection strategies of leading brands in the US including McDonald's, Starbucks, & Subway

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Enhancing Spatial Analytics in Snowflake with CARTO

Enhancing Spatial Analytics in Snowflake with CARTO

As part of our commitment to enabling geospatial analysis natively within the cloud, today we announce the launch of our Spatial Analytics on Snowflake with CARTO!

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CKDelta’s international human mobility data now available in CARTO

CKDelta’s international human mobility data now available in CARTO

We are pleased to announce our partnership with CKDelta & the inclusion of their human mobility data within our Data Observatory. Learn more & see key use cases.

Spatial Data
Making Human Mobility Models Fair, Inclusive, & Private

Making Human Mobility Models Fair, Inclusive, & Private

Discover our Scientific Committee's latest insights when they gathered recently to discuss human mobility data topics including representation, bias, & privacy.

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Announcing CARTO’s Return to In-Person Events

Announcing CARTO’s Return to In-Person Events

We are pleased to announce our return to in-person events! Discover the events we will be attending this year including Big Data LDN, Groceryshop, & ODSC West.

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The Data Appeal Company POI & Sentiment Data now available in CARTO

The Data Appeal Company POI & Sentiment Data now available in CARTO

We are pleased to announce our partnership with The Data Appeal Company, a leader in POI & visitor sentiment data, & their inclusion in our Data Observatory

Spatial Data
How to Build a Tree Equity Index & Dashboard using BigQuery

How to Build a Tree Equity Index & Dashboard using BigQuery

Lack of trees is linked to higher temperatures & more violent crime. Discover how to use the BigQuery Spatial Extension & CARTO for React to build a tree score dashboard.

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Simplified tileset creation for streamlined app development

Simplified tileset creation for streamlined app development

Discover the latest updates to CARTO’s BigQuery Tiler, simplifying the SQL code & reducing the processing steps required to ingest & visualize large datasets

Cartography & Visualization
#SDSC21: Speak at the largest Spatial Data Science Conference

#SDSC21: Speak at the largest Spatial Data Science Conference

Want to connect with thousands of Spatial Data Science experts? Speak at #SDSC21 & be part of the biggest & most global community of Data Scientists with spatial expertise

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Z Score Visualization: How to Identify Hotspots with BigQuery

Z Score Visualization: How to Identify Hotspots with BigQuery

Index, or Z Scores, have often been used in geospatial analytics to identify hotspots & rank locations. Discover how to visualize them using Google BigQuery.

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Announcing #SDSC21: Telecoms & Utilities Summit

Announcing #SDSC21: Telecoms & Utilities Summit

Following the successful industry-specific #SDSC21 events earlier this year we are pleased to announce the Spatial Data Science in Telecoms & Utilities Summit

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How to Visualize Urban Growth with Spatial Analytics in BigQuery

How to Visualize Urban Growth with Spatial Analytics in BigQuery

How has your city or urban area grown? Discover how to create an Urban Growth visualization using open data & CARTO's Spatial Analytics in BigQuery.

Cartography & Visualization

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Foundation Models: Transforming the Future of Spatial Analytics

Explore how geospatial foundation models like Google’s PDFM are revolutionizing spatial analytics, from disaster response to urban planning with CARTO.

Spatial Data Science

Geo for the Agentic Era: Highlights from #SDSC25 London

Explore how AI, open data, and scalable geospatial tech are redefining GIS at #SDSC25 London. Catch highlights, keynotes, and sessions on demand.

Events

How Iceberg, GeoParquet & CARTO are reshaping geospatial

Discover how GeoParquet, Iceberg, and CARTO are transforming geospatial analytics with cloud-native, scalable, and open data architectures.

Cloud Native