Data Observatory

Gain access to a catalog of curated datasets, and apply the results to your own datasets.

You are seeing how to interact with the new Data Observatory v2. If you want to check the documentation of the old version, please click here.

What is Data Observatory?

The Data Observatory, available for Enterprise accounts, provides access to a catalog of curated datasets, and enables you to enrich your data without worrying about which spatial operations are needed.

Right now, the Data Observatory v2 is only accessible from our library for data scientists, CARTOframes. Here you can check direct links to the documentation.

Guides

Quick reference guides for learning how to use Data Observatory features.

Reference

Browse the interactive API documentation to search for specific Data Observatory methods, arguments, and sample code that can be used to build your applications.

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// Create new client
var client = new carto.Client({
  apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
  username: 'YOUR_USERNAME_HERE'
});

// Add a dataview to the client
client.addDataview(dataview)
 .then(() => {
   console.log('Dataview added');
 })
 .catch(cartoError => {
   console.error(cartoError.message);
 });

 // Add a layer to the client
client.addLayer(layer)
 .then(() => {
   console.log('Layer added');
 })
 .catch(cartoError => {
   console.error(cartoError.message);
 });