Our world is expanding!
We’re truly excited to introduce you to some of the new faces at CartoDB.Please, let’s welcome:Jeret JenkinsBefore arriving at CartoDB, Jeret ran recruitment at an ad-tech startup and at the American...
View ArticleOverlaying data on the SDK
Welcome to the fourth blog post of our mobile blog series! We hope you have been learning new insights on how to leverage CartoDB’s native mobile SDK for your device. Today, we’ll be discussing the...
View ArticleWhere in the world is CartoDB? CartoDB ventures to Japan and South Korea
CartoDB loves going new places and exploring new things. That’s why we take risks with our technology and platform, which ultimately provide new insights for you and for us! So it is not surprising...
View ArticleDiscover the Power of Big Data for Business Intelligence
Data velocity, variety, and volume are growing every second as more and more systems, from satellites, drones, to mobile devices, are designed for data gathering. We call this massive accumulation of...
View ArticleIntroducing Denis Kurilov to the CartoDB Family!
We’re excited to introduce our newest addition to our technical team, Denis! Denis comes from Yandex Maps, where he was the head of R&D of Maps and is an expert on Geospatial Systems.Denis is...
View ArticleIntroducing CartoDB’s New and Improved Grants Program
CartoDB is happy to announce the re-launch of our robust Grants Program! The CartoDB Grants Program funds organizations seeking the means to create meaningful data-driven visualizations that facilitate...
View ArticleOffline routing with the SDK
We’re back, with our fifth mobile series post, and today we’ll be explaining offline routing for our Maps SDK.The Maps SDK by CartoDB includes a routing API that enables users to find the fastest path...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2nd Annual GeoJourNews!
Mapping and data analysis are shaping the ways in which news and important stories are shared and understood. A quick browse of our journalism and new media gallery truly places into perspective the...
View ArticleCartoDB is going to Japan with Pacific Spatial and OSGeo Japan
We are very excited to share details on our upcoming trip to Tokyo, organized together with OSGeo Japan and Pacific Spatial Solutions. Javier de la Torre and Jaime de Mora will be there for a week full...
View ArticleConnect Salesforce to CartoDB for a Birdseye View
Every Sales Manager and CMO needs to understand how their marketing campaigns influence the bottom-line. Unfortunately, tracking the impact of a campaign is often easier said than done.Birdseye, a...
View ArticleThe new Ambassadors are here, and they have something to tell you
Last year the Ambassadors Program started as an experiment, with select CartoDB users receiving slight upgrades to their accounts. Since then, we have been watching our program grow and find ourselves...
View ArticleDidi Kuaidi Launch U.S. Ride-Sharing app
This week the Chinese service Didi Kuaidi, launched the beta of its service in the United States. Chinese passengers who use Didi Kuaidi at home can now request rides in the U.S., and the SDK powering...
View ArticleCartoDB Mobile with Xamarin
Welcome to the next post on mobile development at CartoDB. We have great news today. CartoDB is a proud sponsor of Xamarin Evolve— the largest gathering of Xamarin developers and others around the...
View ArticlePartnering with Mapzen to provide next-generation Location Data Services
Have you ever shared a location in WhatsApp? That list of close-by places comes from a geocoding service. When you request a car service, like Didi, the route that the drivers take comes from a routing...
View ArticleGKudos goes from GIS to Location Intelligence
Every day large volumes of location data are generated by social networks, remote sensing, and mobile devices. For quite some time, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has been used as the standard...
View ArticleTacking the Challenges of Humanitarian Mapping
Disaster requires quick action!Maps are an incredibly powerful tool for humanitarian crisis response. One of the most compelling phenomena in recent times has emerged from global communi ties committed...
View ArticleThe L.A. Times scores a slam dunk with a data visualization of every shot...
On April 13, Kobe Bryant played his last game of his 20-year career and, in great form, scored 60 points! Fans from Los Angeles, and the world over, were saddened to see the Black Mamba go, but his...
View ArticleJoin CartoDB at the Experience Fighters 2016!
This year CartoDB will be at the Experience Fighters 2016— the 3rd annual national meeting of Experience Design and Innovation at the Gran Teatro Principe Pío, here in Madrid, from May 11th to 12th!...
View ArticleGrants for Good: Meet Our Newest Grantees
Since the launch of our new Grants for Good Program we have awarded a number of non-profit and environmental organizations with CartoDB Grants. It is with great pleasure that we introduce some of the...
View ArticleThis year is no exception! CartoDB will be at FOSS4G-NA
This is going to sound extreme, but without open source software there would be no internet as we know it. That’s right. Everyday we utilize a technology built on collaborative software that only gets...
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