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

OGC appoints Javier de la Torre to its Board of Directors

OGC appoints Javier de la Torre to its Board of Directors

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Javier de la Torre, Founder & CPO of CARTO, to The Open Geospatial Consortium's (OGC) Board of Directors

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Using Route Optimization & IoT Data in Waste Management

Using Route Optimization & IoT Data in Waste Management

The pandemic has significantly affected waste management in our cities - read how Location Intelligence can be used to optimize collection & reduce costs.

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Enhancing Spatial Analytics in BigQuery with CARTO

Enhancing Spatial Analytics in BigQuery with CARTO

We are excited to introduce the CARTO Spatial Analytics in BigQuery, a suite of functions & procedures to perform spatial analysis natively within the Google BigQuery environment using SQL

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6 Companies using Location Intelligence for Sustainability

6 Companies using Location Intelligence for Sustainability

How can Location Intelligence be used for Sustainability? Discover some examples including sustainability for agriculture, environment, mobility, cities, & more

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Using BigQuery to build population maps for a vaccination app

Using BigQuery to build population maps for a vaccination app

Recently we published a map to track the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the US–learn how this Cloud Native Spatial App was developed using CARTO & Google Cloud

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Visualizing COVID-19 Vaccination Progress at the Individual Level

Visualizing COVID-19 Vaccination Progress at the Individual Level

How is vaccination progressing in the US at an individual level? Find out using our interactive COVID vaccination tracker app visualizing every person in the US

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Aena's Indoor Mapping & Routing App Expands to Barcelona

Aena's Indoor Mapping & Routing App Expands to Barcelona

AenaMaps, a solution developed by CARTO, Telefónica, & Situm, leveraging indoor mapping to provide navigation within Aena's airports expands to Barcelona

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Retail Site Selection: Complimentary Post Pandemic Playbook

Retail Site Selection: Complimentary Post Pandemic Playbook

Download our new report on site selection strategies & how location data & advanced spatial analysis can help retailers adapt & thrive in a post pandemic world

Use cases
CARTO for React: A faster way to develop spatial applications

CARTO for React: A faster way to develop spatial applications

Today we are very excited to announce CARTO for React, our latest solution for development teams to build better Location Intelligence apps faster

App Development
Interactive School District Maps & Analysis with WXY

Interactive School District Maps & Analysis with WXY

Read how WXY, an architecture, urban design, & planning firm, built an interactive school district dashboard for Montgomery county using the CARTO platform

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Agricultural Sustainability with CARTO, Indigo Ag, & Snowflake

Agricultural Sustainability with CARTO, Indigo Ag, & Snowflake

With our platform & Snowflake connector, read how Indigo Ag rapidly gathers, styles, & shares insights from spatial models improving agricultural sustainability

Use cases
#SDSC21: Financial Services Summit Agenda Now Available

#SDSC21: Financial Services Summit Agenda Now Available

Sign up for talks from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, Swiss Re, Signal Capital, Willis Towers Watson, Jefferies, PicPay, Cifas, BBVA, Google, & Safegraph

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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