Overture Maps data now on the cloud: how to use it with CARTO

Overture Maps data now on the cloud: how to use it with CARTO

Announcing Overture Maps data in the cloud! Seamlessly access, analyze, and visualize data on global buildings, POIs, boundaries & more with CARTO!

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Geospatial & AI at the Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025

Cloud Native

Snowflake Summit 2025 - highlights for geospatial

Cloud Native

How Iceberg, GeoParquet & CARTO are reshaping geospatial

Events

Google Cloud Next 2025: Key takeaways for geospatial

Redistricting maps from the Center for Urban Research

Redistricting maps from the Center for Urban Research

Cartography & Visualization
Migrating from SimpleGeo Storage to CartoDB

Migrating from SimpleGeo Storage to CartoDB

Cloud Native
ST_GeomFromGeoJSON arriving to PostGIS

ST_GeomFromGeoJSON arriving to PostGIS

Discover the integration of GeoJSON on PostGIS, enabling better import methods and direct usage for CartoDB. Read about the development consultancy by OpenGeo.

Spatial Data
DontFlush.me: Help keep your shit out of the harbor during storms

DontFlush.me: Help keep your shit out of the harbor during storms

Explore DontFlush.me, an app from #ecohackNYC utilizing CartoDB to track sewage overflow in NYC waterways. Data and mapping address environmental challenges.

App Development
Indexed nearest neighbour search coming to CartoDB

Indexed nearest neighbour search coming to CartoDB

Learn how to execute bulk "nearest neighbor" queries using CartoDB for geographical analysis. Create maps depicting parcel distances from fire hydrants efficiently.

Spatial Data Science
CartoDays: Hack with us for a day!

CartoDays: Hack with us for a day!

Join us for a day filled with mapping applications, geospatial fun, and networking. Sign up at days.cartodb.com!

CARTO Culture
The Top Trends in Data Visualization for 2018

The Top Trends in Data Visualization for 2018

8 trends around data science, data visualization, data stories, AI, and machine learning.

Spatial Data Science
What These Bloggers Learned from 6 Years of Running Geoawesomeness

What These Bloggers Learned from 6 Years of Running Geoawesomeness

Read our interview commemorating the sixth anniversary of Geoawesomeness and learn how the emergence of Location Intelligence has changed the geospatial field.

CARTO Culture
Introducing CARTO VL - Vector Technology for Location Intelligence

Introducing CARTO VL - Vector Technology for Location Intelligence

Introducing CARTO's new Vector Library, enabling faster rendering speeds, enhanced capabilities for on-the-fly analysis, responsive data-driven visualizations, and dynamic user interactions

Core Tech
The Total Solar Eclipse Map to Rule All Solar Eclipse Maps

The Total Solar Eclipse Map to Rule All Solar Eclipse Maps

A solar eclipse is headed to the US on August 21st. Find out the best places to watch it, and whether you're in the path of totality or not.

Cartography & Visualization
Find and fix underperforming retail markets with spatial data models

Find and fix underperforming retail markets with spatial data models

Discover why retailers are building market performance models with Location Intelligence in our latest post

Spatial Data Science
Measuring tile rendering processes to improve performance

Measuring tile rendering processes to improve performance

Core Tech

Academy

Overture Maps data now on the cloud: how to use it with CARTO

Announcing Overture Maps data in the cloud! Seamlessly access, analyze, and visualize data on global buildings, POIs, boundaries & more with CARTO!

Spatial Data

Geospatial & AI at the Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025

Explore the biggest geospatial & AI highlights from Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025, including Agent Bricks & native Spatial SQL.

Cloud Native

Supercharge Your Spatial Models with Google PDFM in CARTO

Integrate Google's PDFM embeddings into CARTO Workflows for enhanced spatial models. This blog shows two use cases on how these embeddings improve predictions.

Spatial Data Science