Spatial Data Science
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.











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 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!











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.
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.











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.
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.











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.
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."











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.











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.












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












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.
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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.
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.
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.