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Carto for consultancy projects
What do you like best about the product?
How easy it is to incorporate new layers of information from different file sources (csv, shp, xml, and others). Also, you can create maps that support the story telling of a project or a report really fast. The ability to create specialized analysis when needed helps with the usability and flexibility of the platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
The integration of data and scheduled refresh needs to be more user friendly. At work we use different databases and files that need to be updated on daily or weekly basis. We have solved the automatic import making developmentes on our side and sending the informations via the APIs available. It is not a big issue since the type of developer/user that interacts with Carto know how to solve this but some developers have poor experience with geo databases and the fields required.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The problem with static reports and non interactive visualizations when displaying results with clients. I have realized that it has a lot of benefits to show nice visualizations and interative results, the most important is that it helps with the credibility of the information. People trust more when data is nicely presented.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Use it, it has great benefits. Try to implement geo analysis in as much reports or presentations as possible, the audience love it. Also, try to define before the developoment of a new map the update periodicity, the indicators you want to show and at wich moment of the presentation you will show the map. If the timing and integration with the story telling is right, it will make a huge statement.
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Simple UI for Powerful Maps
What do you like best about the product?
The UI is really user friendly. The layering system works really well to choose what data you want to show and how you want it to be displayed. I also like the option to use SQL even with CSV uploaded data. It is also very easy to share maps with a link. These links never have to change and always include every update.
What do you dislike about the product?
The pricing system. Unfortunately, we can't store very much data per user.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I work at a company that has different strategies around the country so it is very helpful for me to see metrics by location.
Great Spatial Visualization solution for any type of user
What do you like best about the product?
The API and the out-of-the-box data solution. It's very easy to upload information and stream it into a custom solution. The solutions support team is also fantastic.
What do you dislike about the product?
The rendering library. It is still subpar to Mapbox GL. And the workaround with DeckGL is quite cumbersome.
Also, it's been years since a redesign to the Dashboard...
Also, it's been years since a redesign to the Dashboard...
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data storage vs. GeoServer. It's nice having our clients able to access their data through the CARTO dashboard (as opposed to having our team create some sort of custom solution when using GeoServer). Another benefit is not having to worry about our backend infrastructure.
Carto is my favorite web-based geospatial platform.
What do you like best about the product?
The additional libraries (Python, JS) that are available to augment the UI processing power. The data library is also very handy.
What do you dislike about the product?
The UI usability could use some improvements and can be tough for a new user to understand.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Site selection for business, visualization of market demand.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
CARTO is great for an organization that doesn't have the resources to invest in more expensive enterprise GIS and is looking for smaller scale analysis and mapping.
Great tool!
What do you like best about the product?
The extra data available and all the insights we can get visually in a simple way. I also love that you can use it as a python library, which really increases the flexibility. It is a real pleasure to use, I did not have a single episode where the application was stalled or not correct, which in my personal opinion is one of the most important aspects.
What do you dislike about the product?
I like almost everything, sometimes it could be a bit faster. I would like to see more on the data quality side, maybe some additional features that can check if the data is consistent and if not I would really appreciate some feedback. For example, it could say inconsistent columns If it detects some inconsistency in the data of a particular column.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Spatial insights are not that easy to gather, especially using traditional dashboarding tools like MicroStrategy. Also gathering data is not the easiest thing, even if you are willing to buy it from vendors. Carto has been a great tool for that and I am sure most of my organization agrees with me. It also looks good, which is. great plus when you want to present information to more senior stakeholders and C-level management. Other tools, including MS, are not as good looking, and even if seems a shallow requirement it does play an important part in the decision of the tool to be used.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would suggest try it out with a. simple map and some of the dataset they make available.
Perfect
What do you like best about the product?
Su fácil manejo, la cantidad de información y la utilidad en mi trabajo
What do you dislike about the product?
La lentitud a veces en las búsquedas (pero puede ser de la red y no de CARTO)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Búsqueda de locales rentables para mi empresa, hemos puesto tiendas en lugares donde la demanda se ha disparado
Very good treatment and willingness to solve problems.
What do you like best about the product?
Product personalization. In support cases it is debited quite quickly and efficiently
What do you dislike about the product?
The impossibility of viewing the website in all versions of some platforms, such as mobile phones.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Development of web page of traffic status, camera visualization, etc. Madrid City Council.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
For the possibility of developing a more personalized web page.
Avison Young user review
What do you like best about the product?
User friendly capacity and overall look and feel. The ability to share it with multiple colleagues using the link/password protect function which allows them to interact (without concern over their ability to edit). An excellent visual tool but limited in its complexity using the builder model.
The ability to change the base map quickly and easily is great. As is the ease of use in changing the colour/size of the dots on the screen.
I do also like the widget tool that allows you to filter the map by a certain criteria.
The ability to change the base map quickly and easily is great. As is the ease of use in changing the colour/size of the dots on the screen.
I do also like the widget tool that allows you to filter the map by a certain criteria.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think an option to share the raw data with the map viewers could be helpful, although probably in a limited capacity. The option to create a summary table or something within builder mode - e.g. number of total dots on the map, number in London, Manchester etc.
Also - would be really useful to have the ability to be able to somehow reupload the file that is already uploaded (without having to connect to Box), rather than having to upload a new file each time and deleting the old one.
Also - would be really useful to have the ability to be able to somehow reupload the file that is already uploaded (without having to connect to Box), rather than having to upload a new file each time and deleting the old one.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Not so much solving problems - but creating useful visual tools for business development. Our main use case is a map of all of the valuations the valuation team have carried out internally which is used to understand previous instructions and helps speed up the process of data gathering when it comes to doing similar valuations in similar locations/sectors.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Useful as a visual/presentation tool but hard to carry out detailed analytics with the tool using the builder model.
How I fell back in love with spatial analysis
What do you like best about the product?
Amazing reliability and performance with super friendly support.
It is continually evolving and expanding its capabilities and I've learnt so much since working with Carto in 2014.
I particularly like the ability to link to data, explore it and share it so easily via URL and really appreciate the browser/cloud based approach. I can't remember the last time I needed to boot-up a desktop GIS and hunt for various files on my PC.
It is continually evolving and expanding its capabilities and I've learnt so much since working with Carto in 2014.
I particularly like the ability to link to data, explore it and share it so easily via URL and really appreciate the browser/cloud based approach. I can't remember the last time I needed to boot-up a desktop GIS and hunt for various files on my PC.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is very little to dislike to be honest. Carto hits the sweet spot for vast majority of my spatial analysis requirements.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As a housing market analyst I need to work with a great variety of different datasets at various scales to make sense of what is happening. Carto lets me explore these complex spatial datasets in the cloud and and then share my discoveries with ease with non technical users who appreciate ease of use.
Carto has been Awesome
What do you like best about the product?
Simplified db table creation. The ability to import spatial data and have Carto handle the rest is just awesome!
What do you dislike about the product?
File size limits, it is difficult to work with large datasets at times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Carto allows us to perform queries against large datasets very quickly. Gathering quick spatial analysis on our datasets has helped our organization tremendously.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give them a try, you'll be happy with the results.
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