Data Observatory

The Spatial Data Catalog

The Data Observatory section of the Workspace allows users to find the best data for their use case among the thousands of spatial datasets available in the CARTO’s Spatial Data Catalog.

The Spatial Data Catalog is also accessible publicly at carto.com/data

From the Spatial Data Catalog, you can:

• Explore the catalog to find the data that best suits your needs.

• Access free samples of most public and premium datasets.

• Subscribe to any of our public datasets or submit requests to start the licensing process of premium datasets from our vetted data sources.

Your subscriptions and samples

You subscriptions and samples can be accessed through the Data Observatory section of the Data Explorer.

From there, you can:

• Manage your subscriptions and samples.

• Access your subscriptions from your own data warehouse.

To learn more about the Data Observatory, please visit its dedicated documentation page.