What’s new in CARTO - Q4 2025

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.

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In your cloud

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The State of Spatial Analytics 2026 - Register interest!

Core Tech

What is Agentic GIS?

Core Tech

Geospatial Sovereignty in the Age of AI: A Layered Approach

Spatial Analytics

The Changing Role of the GIS Analyst

New spatial functions in BigQuery, starting with Uber H3-js

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.

Cloud Native
PostGIS 3.0.0 Just Released

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

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CARTO's Data Observatory 2.0, now powered by Google BigQuery

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
Spatial Data Simplified: Introducing Data Observatory 2.0

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.

Spatial Data
CARTO and SafeGraph Team Up for Behavior Pattern Insights

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 Data
Spatial Leaders from Around the Globe Converge on SDSC19

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.

Events
Retail Revenue Prediction Models with Spatial Data Science

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.

Spatial Data Science
Live Connections to Remote Databases with Federated Tables

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

Cloud Native
Risk Analysis and Optimization with Weather Data

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

Spatial Data
Solving Global Litter with Machine Learning & Spatial Data

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

Use cases
Inside CARTO Engineering: Configuration Management Makeover

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

Core Tech
Up-to-date Consumer & Demographic Data: The Backbone for Spatial Analysis

Up-to-date Consumer & Demographic Data: The Backbone for Spatial Analysis

Announcing the inclusion of premium datasets from Applied Geographic Solutions (AGS) in our Location Data Stream Catalogue

Spatial Data

Academy

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.

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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.

Spatial Data Science

The State of Spatial Analytics 2026 - Register interest!

Key findings from the survey reveal major changes since 2024. Register interest now and get early access to the State of Spatial Analytics 2026 Report.

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