Documentation
Welcome to the CARTO Documentation Center! All of the resources you need to unlock the power of our leading Location Intelligence 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 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:
Data and Analysis
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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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Data Observatory
Gain access to thousands of public & premium spatial datasets and save time on gathering, cleaning and analysing data.
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CARTOframes
A Python package for integrating CARTO maps, analysis, and data services into data science workflows.
Development tools
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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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CARTO + Mapbox GL JS
Visualize our CARTO layers within your Mapbox GL JS applications.
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CARTO + Amazon Location
Integrate CARTO layers in an application built using Amazon Location Service.
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CARTO + Angular
Build applications with CARTO and Angular.
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CARTO + Vue.js
Build applications with CARTO and Vue.js.
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Mobile SDK
Create custom map applications on Android, iOS, and Windows mobile platforms.
Previous libraries and components
The following libraries and components are still under support by CARTO but we don’t recommend starting new projects with them as they will eventually become deprecated.
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Help Center
Check out the most common answers to queries raised by the CARTO user community.
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Support
Find out how our support packages can help you make the most of CARTO.