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 Components
Find out more about the key components of our end-to-end Location Intelligence platform.
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Dashboard
Manage your datasets and maps, access your account settings, manage your API keys, and access your public profile.
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Spatial Extension for BigQuery
Unlock Spatial Analytics on your BigQuery
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Spatial Extension for Snowflake
Unlock Spatial Analytics on your Snowflake
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Builder
CARTO Builder® allows you to create maps in minutes & share them with your organization.
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CARTOframes
A Python package for integrating CARTO maps, analysis, and data services into data science workflows.
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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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Deployment options
CARTO is available as a fully managed multi-tenant SaaS platform, or as a custom installation: On-premises or in your own cloud.
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.
APIs
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SQL API
Interact with your tables and data inside CARTO, as if you were running SQL statements.
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Maps API
Generate maps based on data hosted in your CARTO account.
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Import API
Upload files and manipulate them by using a set of HTTP commands.
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Data Services API
Geocode your data and perform trade area analysis.
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Auth API
Integrate interactive maps and location data into your web applications and websites.
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Federated Tables API
The Federated Tables API allows you to perform live queries to a remote database.
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.