A selection of CartoDB maps and visualizations
Our periodic selection of recent CartoDB maps spotted in the wild. Los Angeles Times: California pollution risksLos Angeles Times has created another and more complete version of their pollution map,...
View ArticleA horrible week for Internet security
You maybe still remember the heartbleed security issue that affected the entire Internet some months ago. Well, this week has not been easier for Internet security. Now more recently a critical...
View ArticleCartoDB visita México DF: Taller y CartoDBeers
¡CartoDB visita México DF! Durante las dos próximas semanas estaremos visitando el DF, asistiendo a la conferencia ConDatos y teniendo reuniones con clientes y usuarios de CartoDB. ¿Nos vemos?En...
View ArticleWelcome Rafa de la Torre!
A warm welcome to Rafa de la Torre, who is joining CartoDB to make our geocoder and our API’s in general faster and powerful. He comes from Tuenti - the leading social network in Spain - where he was a...
View ArticleHello Jorge Arévalo
Jorge Arévalo has just joined CartoDB. Jorge is a convinced GISter. He is the creator of GDAL PostGIS Raster driver and he normally codes on Python and C. Jorge is joinning CartoDB as an evangelist, to...
View ArticleCartoDB in the classroom, now unlimited
We think a lot about how mapping and technology work in the classroom. We’ve always felt that CartoDB could be used to support education in a diverse set of classes and be a go to tool for educators...
View ArticleNew Academy Course: CartoDB.js from the ground up
CartoDB just released Lesson One of a new Academy course called CartoDB.js from the ground up. This will be the first in a couple of courses on CartoDB.js, starting with the basics.The first lesson...
View ArticleIntroducing Andy Eschbacher!
As the New York team continues setting up our new home in Williamsburg, we’re excited to introduce our newest addition. World, meet Andy. Andy hails from the Midwest (which means he’s well-mannered and...
View ArticleTech intro to CartoDB at LocationTech Meetup in Madrid
Diego ‘Kartones’ will be giving a tech intro to CartoDB in the next LocationTech Meetup held in Madrid. Come and learn about CartoDB internals, and how can you use it for any kind of mapping projects,...
View ArticleMap of the Week: Pulse Plotting, the Vital Signs of Water Gauging in TZA
Welcomer Aurelia Moser (@auremoser) to our Map of the Week series. She is a developer for Knight Mozilla Open News in Brooklyn, NY. She has worked on projects for Ushahidi and Internews Kenya, building...
View ArticleCartoDB en Mexico DF, Guadalajara y Monterrey con BBVA InnovaChallenge MX
Los próximos días estaremos de nuevo en México. Visitaremos el DF, Monterrey y Guadalajara como parte de los eventos de presentación del InnovaChallenge MX. En estos eventos hablaremos sobre el...
View ArticleInnovaChallenge MX Contest: Develop applications with open data from BBVA
The world is slowly being filled with open data (at last!). More and more organizations are understanding the need and usefulness of opening up data sets. But when we talk open data, we tend to think...
View ArticleCartoDB X Stamen
Are you into creating beautiful maps? We thought so. Let’s talk about Stamen. They’re an award-winning, internationally known design and technology studio based in San Francisco’s Mission District (aka...
View ArticleGet Common, Be Creative: Our Open Data Initiative
We all need an assist when we’re thinking big. At CartoDB, we’ve seen some of the most original user visualizations inspired by common data. So, we’re focused on growing public data offerings to help...
View ArticleCome talk about data visualization and APIs with CartoDB, Kimono Labs,...
We live in exciting times when it comes to working with data and creating useful products for citizens and organizations. The open data trend keeps growing solidly: public administrations and...
View ArticleIntroducing Santiago Giraldo Anduaga
Please give a hearty welcome to Santiago.He’s the newest member to the CartoDB team. Coming from a background as diverse as his interests, he will be using his skills to make maps that peel away the...
View ArticleWelcome Nicklas
We are pretty happy to announce Nicklas Gummersson is joining CartoDB. He will be working on the frontend side of CartoDB, taking care of the CartoDB editor and improving the CartoDB.js public API.His...
View ArticleHowdy Chapinal
Have you ever tried to develop an entire video game? Our buddy Jaime Chapinal has successfully done it, and we are happy to announce he will be part of the CartoDB crew :).In the past he also developed...
View ArticleCartoDB wins the EU's Europioneers High Growth web entrepreneur award
We are happy to announce that CartoDB has been awarded the European Union Europioneers 2014 High Growth Web Entrepreneur award. The award was announced today at the Web Summit in Dublin, one of the...
View ArticleWelcome Nacho Sánchez
CartoDB Madrid offices keep growing, and we’re happy to announce our newest team member, Juan Ignacio Sánchez (but please call him Nacho unless he’s done something wrong).Nacho is a Computer Engineer...
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