Spatial Data Science

Supercharge Your Spatial Models with Google PDFM in CARTO

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
Boosting Retail & CPG Sales with Sentiment Analysis

Boosting Retail & CPG Sales with Sentiment Analysis

Leverage sentiment analysis for retail growth. Explore Data Appeal's insights, using sentiment data for strategic business expansion. Free 14-day trial.

Spatial Data Science
Spatial interpolation: which technique is best & how to run it

Spatial interpolation: which technique is best & how to run it

Fix missing or coarse data with Spatial Interpolation. Compare IDW and Kriging methods & follow along with tutorials!

Spatial Data Science
Driving Decisions with Spatial Analysis: Vacation Rentals

Driving Decisions with Spatial Analysis: Vacation Rentals

Discover spatial trends in vacation rentals & relationships with land use, ft. tutorials on how to conduct this analysis and use it to drive decision-making.

Spatial Data Science
Do you need to code for a career in data?

Do you need to code for a career in data?

Exploring the role of coding in data careers | Do you need to learn, and which language is right for you? Low-code, SQL, Python, R, HTML & Javascript.

Spatial Data Science
Using Spatial Composites for Climate Change Impact Assessment

Using Spatial Composites for Climate Change Impact Assessment

Learn how to assess climate change risks with spatial composites; measure impacts and support decision-making for infrastructure & natural resources.

Spatial Data Science
How Geographically Weighted Regression works

How Geographically Weighted Regression works

Find out what Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) is, how it works, when to use it & how to use spatial indexes in conjunction.

Spatial Data Science
How to Use Spatial Data to Create a Wildfire Risk Map

How to Use Spatial Data to Create a Wildfire Risk Map

Mitigate wildfire risks with our guide on creating a Wildfire Risk Map. Explore spatial analysis using Weather Source & CARTO for informed decision-making.

Spatial Data Science
Understanding Retail Store Clusters with Local Outlier Factor Analysis

Understanding Retail Store Clusters with Local Outlier Factor Analysis

“See how Local Outlier Factor can be used as a tool for understanding the spatial patterns of retail store locations."

Spatial Data Science
Site Selection for Retailers Using Commercial Hotspot Analysis

Site Selection for Retailers Using Commercial Hotspot Analysis

Explore an alternative analytical approach to tackle site selection decision-making based on advanced statistical techniques for retailers.

Spatial Data Science
Determine Optimal Store Locations using White Space Analysis

Determine Optimal Store Locations using White Space Analysis

How do you determine where to open a new retail location? Discover how to use White Space Analysis & Spatial Data to make more informed decisions.

Spatial Data Science
How to build a revenue prediction model with CARTO & BigQuery

How to build a revenue prediction model with CARTO & BigQuery

Discover how to use CARTO's Analytics Toolbox for Google BigQuery to train a spatial predictive model to predict annual store revenues across a territory

Spatial Data Science
Geographically weighted regression for spatial analysis in BigQuery

Geographically weighted regression for spatial analysis in BigQuery

We are pleased to announce that the CARTO Analytics Toolbox for BigQuery now supports the Geographically Weighted Regression method–read about its usage.

Spatial Data Science

Academy

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

Snowflake Summit 2025 - highlights for geospatial

Discover top geospatial highlights from Snowflake Summit 2025 -from AI to open formats -shaping the future of cloud-native spatial analytics.

Cloud Native

From selection to consolidation: 6 ways to optimize site planning

Optimize site planning with data, AI, and real-time insights. Discover 6 of the best strategies in this expert guide from CARTO.

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