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5 best spatial analytics and visualizations of 2025
Discover the best spatial analytics of 2025. Learn how industry leaders use CARTO to analyze historical risk, manage real-time operations, and plan for growth.
CARTO joins The Urban Computing Foundation Technical Advisory Committee
Today we are very excited to announce that CARTO's Javier de la Torre, our Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, is joining the Urban Computing Foundation (UCF) Technical Advisory Committee
New spatial functions in BigQuery, starting with Uber H3-js
CARTO is working very closely with the Google BigQuery team, bringing in new spatial functions and supporting the creation of a next generation spatial data infrastructure stack.
PostGIS 3.0.0 Just Released
With a lot of enhancements, bug fixes, and several new features, the release of PostGIS 3.0.0 brings improved speed and performance to CARTO users
CARTO's Data Observatory 2.0, now powered by Google BigQuery
By working with Google BigQuery, the Data Observatory is transforming into the most cost effective and advanced spatial data infrastructure.
Spatial Data Simplified: Introducing Data Observatory 2.0
We’re introducing Data Observatory 2.0, the latest version of our spatial data repository that will make spatial data more accessible and faster to manipulate for Data Scientists and Analysts across the globe.
CARTO and SafeGraph Team Up for Behavior Pattern Insights
Aggregated visit pattern data, like SafeGraph's, has implications for investment decision making, public health, environmental efforts, and more
Spatial Leaders from Around the Globe Converge on SDSC19
The Spatial Data Science Conference 2019 brings together leaders from industry, government, and academia for a day of panels and discussions on the latest technologies and techniques.
Retail Revenue Prediction Models with Spatial Data Science
Predicting store revenues is critical, allowing retail leaders to stay agile, make informed decisions around current store operations, and plan the most effective new openings. The most accurate prediction models include the location component.
Live Connections to Remote Databases with Federated Tables
Federated tables allow CARTO users to combine data hosted in CARTO with data that lives in a remote database such as Amazon Aurora and Microsoft Azure
Risk Analysis and Optimization with Weather Data
From meeting fluctuating customer demands and scheduling services, to proactively optimizing workflows to minimize risks in case of extreme events, weather-related data represents a huge asset
Solving Global Litter with Machine Learning & Spatial Data
Learn how Litterati is leveraging Location Intelligence and Spatial Data Science in the fight against global litter
Inside CARTO Engineering: Configuration Management Makeover
In order to achieve our plan of being the leading location intelligence platform, we continually invest in our infrastructure to provide the best service to our client. Today we are telling a success story about how we revamped our configuration management system
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5 best spatial analytics and visualizations of 2025
Discover the best spatial analytics of 2025. Learn how industry leaders use CARTO to analyze historical risk, manage real-time operations, and plan for growth.
What’s new in CARTO - Q4 2025
Discover what’s new in CARTO Q4 2025, including Agentic GIS, AI-powered spatial analysis, MCP tools, analytics on embeddings, and enterprise governance updates.
Turning Geospatial Foundation Models into Decisions using CARTO Workflows
CARTO now lets you run analytics directly on geospatial foundation model embeddings. Visualize, cluster, and detect changes to turn spatial data into decisions.
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