Spatial Analytics in 2026: What's Changing?

Spatial Analytics in 2026: What's Changing?

Explore how AI, cloud-native tools, and evolving skills are reshaping spatial analytics in 2026, based on insights from 200+ geospatial experts.

Spatial Analytics

In your cloud

News

CARTO AI Agents now integrated with Google AI Studio & Vertex AI

News

Agentic GIS now integrated with Snowflake Cortex AI

News

CARTO now integrated with Databricks Spatial SQL & Mosaic AI

Introducing Our Location Data Streams Catalog

Introducing Our Location Data Streams Catalog

Location Data Streams allow you to access both open data and premium data from market leaders.

Spatial Data
Announcing 2019's Spatial Data Science Conference

Announcing 2019's Spatial Data Science Conference

Events
Location Intelligence Underpins Cannabis Sector Growth

Location Intelligence Underpins Cannabis Sector Growth

Use cases
New Spatial Data Science Video Research Guides

New Spatial Data Science Video Research Guides

Spatial Data Science
On-demand last mile transportation: Real-time route optimization with Location Intelligence

On-demand last mile transportation: Real-time route optimization with Location Intelligence

Discover how spatial analysis enhances last-mile transportation, optimizing routes for efficiency and reducing costs in delivery logistics.

Spatial Data Science
Map of The Month: Trajectories of Neighbourhood Change

Map of The Month: Trajectories of Neighbourhood Change

Use cases
Next-Gen Spatial Use Cases for the Utilities Industry

Next-Gen Spatial Use Cases for the Utilities Industry

Use cases
Upgrading our Core Platform to PostgreSQL 11

Upgrading our Core Platform to PostgreSQL 11

In order to meet our users' increasing performance needs, during the following weeks we will be upgrading our software stack to be based on PostgreSQL 11 and PostGIS 2.5.

Core Tech
CARTO acquires Geographica to expand its professional services offering

CARTO acquires Geographica to expand its professional services offering

We are pleased to announce that we have acquired one of our leading partners, Geographica

App Development
Improving Healthcare Access with Spatial Data Models

Improving Healthcare Access with Spatial Data Models

An investigation of healthcare access across America, built on new spatial data science techniques

Spatial Data Science
Making the Map: Game of Thrones Trivia

Making the Map: Game of Thrones Trivia

Cartography & Visualization
Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Spatial Data Science

Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Spatial Data Science

This year's CARTO twitter guide features 50 twitter accounts to follow for those looking to dive specifically into Twitter's Spatial Data Science community

CARTO Culture

Academy

Spatial Analytics in 2026: What's Changing?

Explore how AI, cloud-native tools, and evolving skills are reshaping spatial analytics in 2026, based on insights from 200+ geospatial experts.

Spatial Analytics

CARTO CLI: Automated CARTO management built for AI Agents

Meet the CARTO CLI: a command-line interface that unifies human expertise, automated pipelines & AI agents into one geospatial operating model.

Core Tech

CARTO AI Agents now integrated with Amazon Bedrock

Unlock secure, AI-powered geospatial analysis in your AWS environment. Learn how CARTO's Agentic GIS and Amazon Bedrock integration makes spatial insights accessible to everyone.

News