Solve spatial problems with the best data and analysis
The world's leading Location Intelligence platform
How it works
CARTO turns your Location Data Into Business Outcomes
Whether it's more efficient delivery routes, strategic store placements or targeted geomarketing campaigns - CARTO makes it simple in 5 key steps:
Are you a
Data Scientist?
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Simple Data Preparation & Enrichment
Save time and take the pain out of collecting spatial data.
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Interaction
Use your own libraries, functions and workflows.
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Advanced spatial models
Speed up your time to insight by accessing best-in-class spatial analyses.
Are you a
Developer?
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Batteries included
A complete development framework with visualization libraries, data APIs, geocoding, routing and isolines.
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Rapid app development
Prototype responsive apps, just upload your data and start developing.
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Performance and interactivity
Smoothly visualize millions of points.
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Scalability
Scale your apps to millions of requests with CARTO as a backend.
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Taxi pickups | CARTO</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<script src="https://libs.cartocdn.com/carto-vl/v1.3.1/carto-vl.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v1.0.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<link href="https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v1.0.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://carto.com/developers/carto-vl/v1.3.1/examples/maps/style.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<aside class="toolbox">
<div class="box">
<header>
<h1>Taxi pickups</h1>
</header>
<section>
<p class="description open-sans">Multi-scale animation with color interpolation through time of day and sized by trip distance</p>
</section>
<footer class="js-footer"></footer>
</div>
</aside>
<div id="loader">
<div class="CDB-LoaderIcon CDB-LoaderIcon--big">
<svg class="CDB-LoaderIcon-spinner" viewBox="0 0 50 50">
<circle class="CDB-LoaderIcon-path" cx="25" cy="25" r="20" fill="none"></circle>
</svg>
</div>
</div>
<script>
const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map',
style: carto.basemaps.darkmatter,
center: [-74.0032059, 40.7482066],
zoom: 12,
scrollZoom: false
});
const nav = new mapboxgl.NavigationControl({
showCompass: false
});
map.addControl(nav, 'top-left');
map.addControl(new mapboxgl.FullscreenControl(), 'top-left');
// Define user
carto.setDefaultAuth({
username: 'cartovl',
apiKey: 'default_public'
});
// Define layer
const source = new carto.source.Dataset('taxi_50k');
const viz = new carto.Viz(`
width: ($fare_amount/15000)*scaled(1)
filter: animation($tpep_pickup_datetime,10,fade(0.2,0.2))
color: rgba(255,255,255,0.2)
strokeColor: ramp(linear($tpep_pickup_datetime,time('2016-05-01T00:08:39Z'),time('2016-05-06T10:29:11Z')),[#CF1C90,#F8CA00,#9BBD4D,#07A5AB,#B100EB])
strokeWidth: ($trip_distance/30000)*scaled(1)
`);
const layer = new carto.Layer('layer', source, viz);
layer.addTo(map, 'watername_ocean');
layer.on('loaded', hideLoader);
function hideLoader() {
document.getElementById('loader').style.opacity = '0';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Examples
Leading organizations build their apps with CARTO
Mastercard Retail Location Insights
Mastercard built their Retail Location Insights app with CARTO, allowing them to provide spatial analysis capabilities to Retailers and Real Estate firms for Site Planning and Geomarketing.
Vodafone Analytics
Vodafone turn their mobile event data into geospatial insights for Retailers, Real Estate firms and cities with their Vodafone Analytics application.
MIT's Atlas of Inequality
The Atlas of Inequality app brings together human mobility data and POIs to explore behavioral patterns and investigate segregation across the United States.
The time has come
Step aside old‑school GIS
GIS of the past
Built for traditional GIS workflows
Complex and confusing architecture, extras required for further geo capabilities
Complex consumption based pricing model
Need for specialist developers and GIS analyst
CARTO Today
Built for the modern web developer and Data Scientists
A user-friendly API platform with geo capabilities and analysis available out of the box
Transparent pricing model without hidden fees and variable costs for credits
UX tailored to the needs of Developers, Data Scientists and Business Users
The time has come
Step aside old‑school GIS
-
GIS of the past
Built for traditional GIS workflows
Built for the modern web developer and Data Scientists
CARTO Today
-
GIS of the past
Complex and confusing architecture, extras required for further geo capabilities
A user-friendly API platform with geo capabilities and analysis available out of the box
CARTO Today
-
GIS of the past
Complex consumption based pricing model
Transparent pricing model without hidden fees and variable costs for credits
CARTO Today
-
GIS of the past
Need for specialist developers and GIS analyst
UX tailored to the needs of Developers, Data Scientists and Business Users
CARTO Today