January 2025 Summaries

Today, CARTO is launching Workflows Extension Packages for its low-code analytics tool, allowing users to extend the capabilities of CARTO Workflows by creating custom components tailored to their specific spatial analytics needs. These packages enable users to automate repetitive tasks, ensure compliance with organizational processes, and share custom geospatial tools across teams with ease. By empowering users to build, automate, and share reusable components, Workflows Extension Packages solve common challenges such as inefficient workflows, inconsistent results, and knowledge silos. The packages offer customizable components, seamless distribution, and enhanced productivity, and include a selection of pre-built extension packages for common analytical needs. Users can install or manage extension packages through the Manage Extension Packages option in the Workflows component panel, and CARTO provides a GitHub template to help users get started with creating their own extension packages.

The text discusses the new BT mobility data available on CARTO Data Observatory, which provides unprecedented insights into human mobility and location intelligence. This data, derived from mobile networks, offers a robust and accurate view of traffic trends, eliminating biases that may arise from focusing on specific vehicle types. It also captures valuable attributes like demographics and end-to-end journey information, enabling organizations to enhance planning, decision-making, and campaign effectiveness. The data has wide-ranging applications across industries such as telecommunications, retail, and transport, where it can be used to optimize network infrastructure, tailor marketing strategies, and improve route planning and service efficiency. CARTO provides a user-friendly platform for accessing and analyzing this data, allowing organizations to unlock the full potential of BT Active Intelligence and drive more intelligent decision-making.

CARTO has released several new features and updates in Q4 2024 to enhance its platform, including improved map styling consistency, dynamic clustering of point data, and enhanced security measures such as named sources for concealing SQL queries. The company continues to focus on breaking the GIS data silo by developing a cloud-native GIS platform for major cloud data warehouse platforms like BigQuery and Snowflake. Additionally, CARTO has introduced new features in its Data Observatory, including a redesigned interface and richer metadata, to make it easier for users to browse and discover spatial datasets. The company also supports seamless geospatial analysis in Databricks environments without code and offers improved security measures, such as deploying CARTO as a Native App using Snowflake-managed Container Services.