# Welcome

## Getting started with CARTO

CARTO is the only cloud-first spatial platform built for accelerated, modern GIS. It runs natively on top of your cloud data warehouse platform (e.g. Google BigQuery, Snowflake, AWS Redshift, Databricks, Oracle, etc.), providing easy access to highly scalable spatial analysis and visualization capabilities in the cloud — be it for analytics, app development, data engineering, and more.

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>What is CARTO?</strong></td><td>An introduction to our cloud-native platform benefits and its different components.</td><td><a href="getting-started/carto-in-a-nutshell">carto-in-a-nutshell</a></td><td><a href="https://3029946802-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FybPdpmLltPkzGFvz7m8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-748972aa60261dba0ceb3bb34395583521d9d2f0%2Fcartoplatform.png?alt=media">cartoplatform.png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Quickstart guides</strong></td><td>Step-by-step guides to build your first maps, workflows, and applications.</td><td><a href="getting-started/quickstart-guides">quickstart-guides</a></td><td><a href="https://3029946802-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FybPdpmLltPkzGFvz7m8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-df898b1f60b8ed9932f0f5a8b815799da88537e8%2FFirst%20steps%20(1).png?alt=media">First steps (1).png</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>CARTO Academy</strong></td><td>Access detailed tutorials, videos and templates to learn more about geospatial analytics and to become a proficient user of the CARTO platform.</td><td><a href="https://academy.carto.com">https://academy.carto.com</a></td><td><a href="https://3029946802-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FybPdpmLltPkzGFvz7m8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7fd7ff64fed8beadbb9b46550b1bab3455fffba4%2Fcartoacademy.png?alt=media">cartoacademy.png</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## 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, Oracle, and Amazon Redshift.

Find out how to get the most out of our Location Intelligence platform with our product documentation:

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### Data and Analysis

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### Development tools

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>CARTO + deck.gl</strong></td><td>Build large-scale geospatial apps using deck.gl, the WebGPU-based framework for data visualization.</td><td></td><td><a href="https://3029946802-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FybPdpmLltPkzGFvz7m8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-bfc6460dea0cd51d51579464f614b1b4b31ed0d4%2FCARTO%20for%20deck.png?alt=media">CARTO for deck.png</a></td><td><a href="https://github.com/CartoDB/gitbook-documentation/blob/master/carto-for-developers/key-concepts/carto-for-deck.gl">https://github.com/CartoDB/gitbook-documentation/blob/master/carto-for-developers/key-concepts/carto-for-deck.gl</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>CARTO for React</strong></td><td>Build compelling spatial apps using CARTO, React and deck.gl.</td><td></td><td><a href="https://3029946802-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FybPdpmLltPkzGFvz7m8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ba87306dab9dd60fe246c1179aa5b54aad3355bc%2FCARTO%20for%20React.png?alt=media">CARTO for React.png</a></td><td><a href="carto-for-developers/carto-for-react">carto-for-react</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>CARTO + Google Maps</strong></td><td>Integrate CARTO layers with Google Maps API and basemaps.</td><td></td><td><a href="https://3029946802-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FybPdpmLltPkzGFvz7m8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b7bcfc0a692950afa8d5342e7484c71f61742d86%2FCARTO%20%2B%20Google%20Maps.png?alt=media">CARTO + Google Maps.png</a></td><td><a href="carto-for-developers/key-concepts/carto-for-deck.gl/basemaps/carto-google-maps">carto-google-maps</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### APIs

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### Get Help

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Contact Support</strong></td><td>Get in touch with our team of first-class geospatial specialists.</td><td></td><td><a href="https://3029946802-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FybPdpmLltPkzGFvz7m8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-85f97abcaac68212a18cfc4d6662137d1e71b20a%2FSupport.png?alt=media">Support.png</a></td><td><a href="faqs/support-packages">support-packages</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Join our community of users in Slack</strong></td><td>Our community of users is a great place to ask questions and get help from CARTO experts.</td><td></td><td><a href="https://3029946802-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FybPdpmLltPkzGFvz7m8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-57d1519d042f62afcd6e687549222737802ef98d%2FFrame%201%20(11).png?alt=media">Frame 1 (11).png</a></td><td><a href="https://join.slack.com/t/cartousercommunity/shared_invite/zt-t7t7k5s4-3c4pZJLrLlkVow3AEDt~ZQ">https://join.slack.com/t/cartousercommunity/shared_invite/zt-t7t7k5s4-3c4pZJLrLlkVow3AEDt~ZQ</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>All previous libraries and components</strong></td><td>Including <em>API v2, CARTO.js, CartoCSS, Torque.js, CARTOframes and others.</em></td><td></td><td><a href="https://3029946802-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FybPdpmLltPkzGFvz7m8A%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-efbcadbf5b05048bfdfba46086683c3cf4f16c08%2FLegacy.png?alt=media">Legacy.png</a></td><td><a href="get-help/previous-libraries-and-components">previous-libraries-and-components</a></td></tr></tbody></table>