From Imagery to Insight: Google AlphaEarth Foundations in CARTO

From Imagery to Insight: Google AlphaEarth Foundations in CARTO

Discover how CARTO integrates Google DeepMind’s AlphaEarth satellite embeddings for advanced geospatial AI, climate, and risk analysis.

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What’s New in CARTO - Q2 2025

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Create your expansion strategy with CARTO and Snowflake

3 Retailers Proving Brick and Mortar Isn't Dead

3 Retailers Proving Brick and Mortar Isn't Dead

A growing and elite group of e-commerce companies have begun opening brick and mortar stores to extend their online brands. These 3 are leading the pack.

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How Insurance Uses Location Data to Prepare for Natural Disasters

How Insurance Uses Location Data to Prepare for Natural Disasters

Embracing Location Intelligence can help insurers to reduce their exposure to risk, while preparing and offering policyholders better service and more varied plans that meet their needs.

Spatial Data
From clicks to bricks: the ecommerce companies who reverse engineered Site Selection

From clicks to bricks: the ecommerce companies who reverse engineered Site Selection

Successful ecommerce companies are opening brick and mortar showrooms and in this post we'll provide tips on taking advantage of this omnichannel trend with Location Intelligence

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Map of the Month: Where Are All The New Houses

Map of the Month: Where Are All The New Houses

Exploring the insights drawn from visualizing a decade of housing and real estate development via open data in England

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CARTO in QGIS using OGR

CARTO in QGIS using OGR

Connect QGIS to CARTO using an OGR VRT file.

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Meet the growing demand for senior care facilities with a modern site planning approach

Meet the growing demand for senior care facilities with a modern site planning approach

Discover why healthcare professionals are turning to location intelligence when deciding when, where, and in what form to open senior care centers to meet medical needs of rapidly increasing senior population.

Spatial Analytics
Driving down distribution costs with Location Intelligence

Driving down distribution costs with Location Intelligence

Businesses continue to search in vain for solutions to a wide range of logistics problems, but in this post we’ll highlight how spatial data science drives logistics optimization.

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California Wildfire Maps: How fires and smoke are spreading

California Wildfire Maps: How fires and smoke are spreading

These maps of the California wildfire crisis put everything in perspective and show just how daunting it is for emergency responders.

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Lessons Learned from Analyzing Over a Million Points of GPS Data

Lessons Learned from Analyzing Over a Million Points of GPS Data

Working with one month of nation-wide GPS data, A Million Walks in the Park explores the use of public spaces, specifically public parks across New York City, to understand social interactions among New Yorkers.

Spatial Data
Using Mapbox Vector Tiles in CARTO for Maps & Location Apps

Using Mapbox Vector Tiles in CARTO for Maps & Location Apps

Using Mapbox Vector Tiles in CARTO for Maps & Location Apps

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This map shows the communities most vulnerable to Hurricane Irma

This map shows the communities most vulnerable to Hurricane Irma

We created this map in hopes that public officials and relief organizations can identify the most at-risk neighborhoods and deliver them life-saving resources before and after this disaster strikes.

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Introducing CARTOframes: A Python Interface for CARTO

Introducing CARTOframes: A Python Interface for CARTO

CARTOframes allows data scientists to extract the power of CARTO without leaving their Python environment.

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From Imagery to Insight: Google AlphaEarth Foundations in CARTO

Discover how CARTO integrates Google DeepMind’s AlphaEarth satellite embeddings for advanced geospatial AI, climate, and risk analysis.

Spatial Data Science

5 ways to transform spatial analysis for environmental resilience

Discover 5 ways to transform spatial analysis for environmental resilience using cloud-native GIS, automation, and real-time insights.

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Cotality’s Location Intelligence Insights - now in CARTO

Explore Cotality’s US Location Intelligence data in CARTO - now available via Data Observatory for fast, actionable spatial insights at scale. 

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