<s>
CARTO	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
CartoDB	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
that	O
provides	O
GIS	B-Application
,	O
web	O
mapping	O
,	O
and	O
spatial	O
data	O
science	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
positioned	O
as	O
a	O
Location	O
Intelligence	O
platform	O
due	O
to	O
tools	O
with	O
an	O
aptitude	O
for	O
data	O
analysis	O
and	O
visualization	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
previous	O
GIS	B-Application
or	O
development	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CARTO	B-Application
users	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
free	O
platform	O
or	O
deploy	O
their	O
own	O
instance	O
of	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2014	O
,	O
CARTO	B-Application
is	O
a	O
company	O
independent	O
from	O
Vizzuality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
CARTO	B-Application
received	O
a	O
$23	O
million	O
in	O
Series	O
B	O
financing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
CARTO	B-Application
acquired	O
Geographica	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
boost	O
their	O
professional	O
services	O
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CARTO	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
built	O
on	O
PostGIS	B-Application
and	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tool	O
uses	O
JavaScript	B-Language
extensively	O
in	O
the	O
front	O
end	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
,	O
back	O
end	O
Node.js	B-Language
based	O
APIs	B-Application
,	O
and	O
for	O
client	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CARTO	B-Application
's	O
platform	O
consists	O
of	O
several	O
primary	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
is	O
the	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
called	O
Builder	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
manage	O
data	O
,	O
run	O
user	O
side	O
analysis	O
and	O
design	O
custom	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Builder	O
,	O
advanced	O
users	O
also	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
web	O
interface	O
where	O
SQL	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
manipulate	O
data	O
and	O
CartoCSS	O
,	O
a	O
cartography	O
language	O
similar	O
to	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
data	O
driven	O
map	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CARTO	B-Application
Engine	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
APIs	B-Application
and	O
developer	O
libraries	O
for	O
building	O
custom	O
map	O
and	O
data	O
visualization	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Maps	O
API	B-Application
:	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
dynamic	O
tile	B-Application
service	I-Application
,	O
which	O
creates	O
new	O
tiles	O
based	O
on	O
client	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
design	O
maps	O
in	O
the	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
,	O
then	O
use	O
those	O
styles	O
and	O
data	O
in	O
custom	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQL	B-Language
API	B-Application
,	O
where	O
PostgreSQL-supported	O
SQL	B-Language
statements	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
retrieve	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQL	B-Language
API	B-Application
serves	O
data	O
in	O
various	O
formats	O
including	O
Shapefile	O
,	O
GeoJSON	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
CSV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Data	O
Services	O
API	B-Application
allows	O
for	O
easily	O
building	O
functionalities	O
such	O
as	O
routing	O
,	O
geocoding	O
,	O
and	O
vector	O
basemaps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
the	O
Carto.js	O
and	O
CARTO	B-Application
VL	O
libraries	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
wrap	O
the	O
APIs	B-Application
into	O
complete	O
visualizations	O
or	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
integrate	O
data	O
into	O
other	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
with	O
raster	O
or	O
vector	O
renderings	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CARTOframes	O
is	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
package	O
for	O
integrating	O
CARTO	B-Application
maps	O
,	O
analysis	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
services	O
into	O
data	O
science	O
workflows	O
via	O
Jupyter	O
notebooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CARTO	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
datasets	O
from	O
around	O
the	O
globe	O
accessible	O
though	O
their	O
Data	O
Observatory	O
,	O
which	O
acts	O
as	O
their	O
spacial	O
data	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
several	O
independent	O
user	O
communities	O
,	O
many	O
businesses	O
and	O
organizations	O
have	O
adopted	O
the	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
service	O
or	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
platform	I-Application
for	O
their	O
own	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
groups	O
include	O
NASA	O
,	O
Nokia	O
,	O
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
