Welcome

Welcome to the CARTO Documentation Center! All of the resources you need to unlock the power of the platform.

Getting started with CARTO
New to CARTO? Check out the following links and kick-start your Location Intelligence project using our platform.
​CARTO in a nutshell -->​
CARTO for Spatial Analysis
The CARTO platform lets you store, enrich, analyze and visualize spatial data to make insightful location-based decisions.
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​Builder, Data Observatory, Analytics Toolbox...
CARTO for Development
Build the most innovative spatial analytics apps using our comprehensive developer toolkit.
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​CARTO for React, CARTO for deck.gl, CARTO + Google Maps, CARTO API...
CARTO Platform
CARTO unlocks the power of spatial analysis in the cloud, extending the visualization, analysis and development capabilities of the leading cloud data warehouse platforms, such as Google BigQuery, Snowflake and Amazon Redshift.
Find out how to get the most out of our Location Intelligence platform with our product documentation:
CARTO User Manual
How to create connections to your data warehouse, build interactive maps and analytical workflows, subscribe to external data, and more.
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FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions about the CARTO platform and its components.
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What's New
Learn about the latest features, improvements and bug fixes in our product.
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Data and Analysis
Analytics Toolbox for BigQuery
Unlock Spatial Analytics on your BigQuery.
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Analytics Toolbox for Snowflake
Unlock Spatial Analytics on your Snowflake.
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Analytics Toolbox for Redshift
Unlock Spatial Analytics on your Redshift.
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Analytics Toolbox for Databricks (Beta)
Unlock Spatial Analytics on your Databricks.
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Analytics Toolbox for PostgreSQL
Unlock Spatial Analytics on your PostgreSQL.
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Data Observatory
Gain access to thousands of public and premium spatial datasets, and save time on gathering, cleaning, and analyzing data.
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CARTO + Python
A set of Python packages to allow data scientists to work with CARTO from Python notebooks.
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Development tools
CARTO for React
Build compelling spatial apps using CARTO, React and deck.gl.
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CARTO for deck.gl
Build apps using deck.gl advanced framework for data visualization. This is our recommended library.
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CARTO + Google Maps
Integrate CARTO layers with Google Maps API and basemaps.
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We also offer additional guidance and tips for customers using CARTO + Mapbox GL JS, CARTO + Amazon Location, CARTO + Angular, and CARTO + Vue.js.
APIs
CARTO API
The new CARTO API allows you to interact with your data in an external data warehouse to create performant cloud-native geospatial solutions.
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Get Help
Contact Support
Get in touch with our team of first-class geospatial specialists
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All previous libraries and components
Including API v2, CARTO.js, CartoCSS, Torque.js, CARTOframes and others.
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