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CARTO Contributors
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English
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Summary

The recent release of CartoDB 2.0 introduces a range of new styling features, including a revamped user interface for maps and improved point-and-click visualization support for advanced CartoCSS methods. The new styling interface allows users to easily customize their maps with options such as density maps, hexagon grids, and label addition. Additionally, the release includes enhanced infowindows, basemaps, and shared map features, giving users more control over how their visualizations appear. The updated CartoCSS capabilities also enable advanced styling methods, including 3D visualizations, blending, and variable-based styling, as demonstrated in an example that uses SQL query results to style buildings with varying heights.