Spatial Constructors
Components that given the specifications in the input generate new sets of spatial data; those being points, line, polygons and even tilesets.
BBOX from Values
Description
This component creates a new table containing a 'geom' column and a single row containing a geography that represents a bounding box as defined by the input min/max values.
Inputs
Minimum X [Number]Minimum Y [Number]Maximum X [Number]Maximum Y [Number]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
Clip with Polygons
Description
This component creates a new table containing the geographies of the input table clipped to the combined boundary of the geographies in another table. Geographies in this second table must be of type polygon.
Inputs
Table to clip [Table]Polygons table [Table]Geo column in table to clip [Column]Geo column in polygons table [Column]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
Create Grid
Description
This component creates a new table containing points distributed in a regular grid, according to a given interval. Point geographies are stored in a column named 'geo'. The extent to cover is defined by an ancillary table with geographies.
Inputs
Reference table (used for extent) [Table]Geo column [Column]Interval (degrees) [Number]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
Create Isolines
This component requires the CARTO Analytics Toolbox installed in the chosen connection to build the workflow.
Description
This component computes isolines.
Inputs
Source table
Settings
Geo column: select a column that contains points that will be the origin point of the isoline.
Mode: Select a mode of transport for the isoline calculation.
Type of range: Select between time or distance for the isoline calculation.
Range value (seconds/meters): Input a numeric value that represent seconds if time was selected or meters if distance was selected.
Provider-specific settings:
CARTO makes use of different isoline providers. The default one is TravelTime, but TomTom and HERE are also available. Please contact the team at support@carto.com for more information.
TravelTime:
Departure time: Take into account historical traffic conditions to generate the isoline. Accepted values are
nowor a timestamp in this format:YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss, for example:2024-01-31T09:30:00Single shape (default true): Force the resulting isoline to be a single polygon.
TomTom
Departure time: Accepted values are
any,nowor a timestamp in this format:YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss, for example:2024-01-31T09:30:00Use traffic information if available: Check this option to take into account historical traffic conditions to generate the isoline.
HERE
Arrival Time:
any,nowor timestamp (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss). Not compatible with Departure TimeDeparture Time:
any,nowor timestamp (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss). Not compatible with Arrival timeOptimize for: balanced (default), quality, performance.
Routing mode: fast (default), short
Origin radius (m): Consider any position in the radius of the origin point as origin.
Advanced Options:
Isoline Options: A JSON object that can contain other provider specific options, for example:
{"option1":"value", "option2": 123}. Check each provider documentation for a complete reference of available options in the External links section below.
Outputs
Result table: The component generates a table that contains the following columns:
All columns from input table.
An
orig_geomcolumn that contains the original point geometry in the selected geo column.A
geomcolumn that contains the generated isoline.A
carto_isoline_metadatacolumn that can contain additional information. Usually details if the isoline failed for some reason. In most scenarios it will be null if the isoline was generated correctly.
External links
Create Routes
This component requires the CARTO Analytics Toolbox installed in the chosen connection to build the workflow.
Description
This component creates routes between origin and destination points stored in a table.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Origin column [Column]Destination column [Column]Name for column with routes [String]Mode [Selection]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
External links
Create Tileset
On July, 17th 2024 this component was deprecated in favor of the components in the Tileset Creation category.
This component requires the CARTO Analytics Toolbox installed in the chosen connection to build the workflow.
Description
This component creates a tileset.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Geo column [Column]Tileset name [String]Tileset description [String]Minimum zoom [Number]Maximum zoom [Number]Minimum zoom column [Column]Maximum zoom column [Column]Maximum tile size (KB) [Number]Tile feature order [String]Drop duplicates [Boolean]
Outputs
External links
Point from Static LatLon
Description
This component creates a new table containing a single row with a single point geography. The point is stored in a column named 'geo'.
Inputs
Longitude [Number]Latitude [Number]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
Remove Holes
Description
This component generates a new geo column with polygons without holes.
Inputs
Source polygons table [Table]Geo column [Column]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
Spatial Process
Description
This component performs high-level spatial object editing from a simple, single component. You can combine multiple objects or cut the spatial objects of the input table.
With this component you can combine objects, cut 1st from 2nd, cut 2nd from 1st, create the intersection object or create the inverse intersection object. Define the action that you want to do using the “Action” field.
Inputs
source table [Table]1st Spatial Field [Column]2nd Spatial Field [Column]Action [Selection]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
ST Boundary
Description
This component adds a new column with the boundary of the input geography.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Geo column [Column]
Outputs
Result table [Table]:
External links
ST Bounding Box
Description
This component creates a new column containing rectangles that represents the bounding box of each geometry.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Geo column [Column]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
External links
ST Extent
Description
This component creates a new table containing a 'geom' column and a single row containing a geography that represents the bounding box of the input table.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Geo column [Column]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
External links
ST Generate Points
This component requires the CARTO Analytics Toolbox installed in the chosen connection to build the workflow.
Description
This component generates a table with a specified number of random points within a extent.
The extent is specified using a table with polygons.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Geo column [Column]Number of points [Number]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
External links
ST Geocode
This component requires the CARTO Analytics Toolbox installed in the chosen connection to build the workflow.
Description
This component geocodes an input table.
It generates a new table with an additional column named 'geo' containing the geocoded addresses.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Column with addresses [Column]Country [Selection]
Outputs
Table with geocoded rows [Table]Table with rows that could not be geocoded [Table]
External links
ST Make Line
Description
This component creates a new table with an additional column with line geographies. Geographies are created based on another column containing arrays of points.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Points column [Column]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
External links
ST Make Polygon
Description
This component creates a new table with an additional column with polygon geographies. Geographies are created based on another column containing polylines.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Polylines column [Column]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
External links
ST Polygonize
This component requires the CARTO Analytics Toolbox installed in the chosen connection to build the workflow.
Description
This component adds a new column with polygons, created from a column containing arrays of lines representing polygon edges.
Inputs
Source table [Table]Geo column [Column]
Outputs
Result table [Table]
External links
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