Spatial Data
Cost of Living Crisis: Location Intelligence for Energy Efficiency
Improved availability & analytics of residential energy performance data will be a powerful tool to help during this crisis. Learn more & see it in action.
Hexagons for Location Intelligence: Why, When & How?
CARTO explains how using hexagonal grids in your location-based analysis can lead to more efficient analysis and greater insight.
What You Should Know About Spatial SQL
“Spatial SQL is a rising star in spatial analysis, and for good reason. Learn about the advantages of learning and using Spatial SQL here.”
Introducing GeoParquet: Towards geospatial compatibility between Data Clouds
At CARTO, we're proud to release the first community proposal to standardize the storage of geospatial vector data in GeoParquet! Learn about our full goal.
CARTO Spatial Features, now with global urbanity, climatology, & elevation data
We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of CARTO Spatial Features, including new variables for urbanity level, elevation, & climatology
CKDelta’s international human mobility data now available in CARTO
We are pleased to announce our partnership with CKDelta & the inclusion of their human mobility data within our Data Observatory. Learn more & see key use cases.
The Data Appeal Company POI & Sentiment Data now available in CARTO
We are pleased to announce our partnership with The Data Appeal Company, a leader in POI & visitor sentiment data, & their inclusion in our Data Observatory
Building a Spatial Model to Classify Global Urbanity Levels
How can we measure levels of urbanity? Learn how our team designed a spatial model able to classify urbanity levels globally & with high granularity
Foursquare POI & Foot Traffic Data now available in CARTO
We are pleased to announce our partnership with Foursquare, leaders in location technology, & the inclusion of its POI & foot traffic data in our Data Observatory
Lifesight Human Mobility & Footfall Data now available in CARTO
We are pleased to announce our partnership with Lifesight, a leader in human mobility, & the inclusion of their data in our Data Observatory
Short Term Rental Data from Transparent now available in CARTO
We are pleased to announce our partnership with Transparent, a leader in short-term rental intelligence, & the inclusion of their data in our Data Observatory
Spatial Features, the new derived dataset from CARTO
We are excited to announce the release of our first derivative data product providing global demographic data & POI aggregations by category.
Academy
Personalizing services with spatial analytics in Google Cloud
Personalize services at scale with spatial analytics on Google Cloud. Learn how to boost ROI using CARTO for location-based insights.
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!
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.