Basemaps

CARTO is basemap-agnostic and is compatible with MapLibre, Google Maps, Amazon Location and Mapbox GL.

deck.gl allows you to visualize the data in your warehouse, but it doesn't provide a map with contextual information (like streets, roads, restaurants, cities, rivers, etc.) — This is usually called a basemap.

As you can imagine, most of the use cases require to have a basemap to give more context to your visualizations.

CARTO layer with a basemap:

CARTO layer without a basemap:

CARTO is basemap-agnostic and lets you decide which client technology they want to use. The following options are available:

• CARTO basemap.

• Google Maps.

• Amazon Location.

• Mapbox.

If you don't have any specific requirements in your app, we recommend you use the CARTO basemap as it doesn't require extra configuration neither makes you incur in additional costs.

Basemap client libraries and costs

When using a basemap you will need two things: the library to render the basemap and a backend API service to provide the data of the basemaps.

The CARTO basemap service is included by default, with no additional costs, for all CARTO organizations. However, if a different basemap provider is used, the user will need to input their own API credentials for that provider and cover the costs for said provider. The cost of using a basemap service provided by a third-party will vary on the provider.

Technology	Client Library	Cost
CARTO basemap	MapLibre GL JS	Included
Google Maps	Google Maps Javascript API	A Google Maps API Key must be provided, considering their own API pricing
Amazon Location	MapLibre GL JS	Amazon Location credentials must be provided, considering their own pricing
Mapbox	Mapbox GL JS	A Mapbox Access Token must be provided, considering their own pricing