CartoDB
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| Developer(s) | Vizzuality |
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| Initial release | September 15, 2011 |
| Development status | Released |
| Written in | Ruby, Javascript |
| Type | Web development |
| Website | carto |
CARTO (formerly CartoDB) is a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud computing platform that provides GIS and web mapping tools for display in a web browser. The company is positioned as a Location Intelligence platform due to tools with an aptitude for data analysis and visualization that do not require previous GIS or development experience.
CARTO users can use the company's free platform or deploy their own instance of the open source software. CARTO is offered as freemium service, where accounts are free up to a certain size. For larger accounts, a fee is applied. It was first released in Beta at FOSS4G in Denver in September 2011, and officially debuted as a final release at Where2.0 in April 2012.
Since 2014, CARTO is a company independent from Vizzuality. The Spanish start-up raised $7 million from a consortium of investors in September 2014. In September 2015, CARTO received a $23 million in Series B financing.
CARTO is an open source software built on PostGIS and PostgreSQL. The tool uses JavaScript extensively in the front end web application, back end Node.js based APIs, and for client libraries. CARTO consists of two primary offerings.
The first is the web application called the CARTO Builder where users can manage data, run user side analysis and design custom maps. The builder is intended for non developers and beginners to have access to, and be able to use advanced geospatial tools. In the builder, advanced users also have access a web interface where SQL can be used to manipulate data and CartoCSS, a cartography language similar to CSS, can be used for data driven map design.
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