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CARTO Contributors
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1017
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English
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Summary

CARTO has upgraded its BigQuery Tiler, a tool that allows developers to visualize massive datasets, with improved features and performance. The upgrade includes support for new types of tilesets, such as Simple Tileset, which enables the encoding of separate features in non-aggregated spatial data, allowing for more complex visualizations. Additionally, CARTO has integrated BigQuery Tiler with its platform, requiring users to have a CARTO account to access the publishing service. The upgrade also includes new documentation and an online viewer, and is being used by partners such as Google Cloud and Thinking Machines. The tool enables developers to create tilesets directly from BigQuery without needing to export data or use scripting languages, reducing processing time and costs. With the new features, CARTO aims to provide a cloud-native spatial analysis solution that leverages next-generation data warehouses.