Maps have a long history of working as storytelling devices that place not only geographical information, but human and emotional information in space. Resolving social issues through spatial analysis is a tried and true method. The development of sophisticated methods has enabled professionals regardless of background or expertise to solve the complex problems of today's world. As such, for the first time, we are seeing the true meaning of the phrase "Everything happens somewhere".

1. LOCATION
INTELLIGENCE
SERGIO ÁLVAREZ, CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER @CARTO
–Without all the hype

3. TWITTER GAINS
INSIGHTS THROUGH
CARTO ON HOW
EVENTS ARE
UNFOLDING ACROSS
ITS PLATFORM

4. THE MAYOR’S
OPERATIONS OFFICE
KNOWS WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN
NEW YORK CITY
THROUGH CARTO

5. BBVA IDENTIFIES KEY
ECONOMIC HOTSPOTS
WITH CREDIT CARD
TRANSACTION DATA
USING CARTO

6. Leonardo Da Vinci
1502IMOLA
CITY MAP

7. Petrus Plancius
1594
MOLLUSC
ISLANDS
SEA ROUTES MAP

8. John Ogilvy
1675
WHITBY TO
DURHAM
ROUTE MAP

9. unknown
17th Century
OSAKA TO
NAGASAKI
SEA ROUTE MAP

10. Alexandre Von Humboldt & Aimé Bondpland
1807
MOUNTAINS
AND PLANTS
OF AMERICA
HALL MAP OF THE

11. Matthew Fontaine Maury
1851WHALE CHART
OF THE WORLD

12. Andrew Scott Waugh
1858
M EVEREST &
DEODANGA
THE GREAT ARC
T

13. Williard B. Farwell
1885
“ OFFICIAL” MAP OF
CHINATOWN

14. Charles Booth
1889
LONDON
POVERTY
DESCRIPTIVE MAP

15. Sanborn Map Company
1916
INSURANCE
MAPS
BY SANBORN

16. London County Architect’s Department
1945
DAMAGE AFTER
BOMBING

17. William Bunge
1971
WHERE
COMMUTERS RUN OVER
BLACK CHILDREN
ON THE POINTES - DOWNTOWN TRACK

19. LOCATION
INTELLIGENCE
GOT INTO A
DARK ERA

20. [we need a] multi-
resolution,
3-dimensional
representation of the
planet, into which we can
embed vast quantities of
geo-referenced data.
– Al Gore, 1998
”

21. SENSORS FOR $ 1
DIGITALIZATION
OF HUMANS

22. LEVERAGING THE POWER
OF INDOOR LOCATION
A PROJ ECT BY GEOGRAPHICA

23. SENSORS FOR $ 1
DIGITALIZATION
OF CITIES

24. URBO
A PROJ ECT BY TELEFÓNICA

25. SENSORS FOR $ 1
DIGITALIZATION
OF THE SKY

27. SENSORS FOR $ 1
DIGITALIZATION
OF STREETS

28. PREVENTING COMMUTERS
RUNNING OVER CHILDREN
THROUGH PREDICTION
USING SCHOOLS LOCATIONS AND GPS PROBE DATA

29. NETWORKS ARE EVERYWHERE
CONNECTED WORLD
NETWORKS ARE EVERYWHERE
CONNECTED WORLD

31. A NEW ERA
POWER OF
LOCATION NEEDS
TO BE UNLEASHED
(AGAIN)

32. HAVING A NEAR
REAL-TIME CENSUS
OF THE WORLD
THE IDEA OF

33. THINKING IN
GEO IS HARD
LINEARIZATION,
AGGREGATION,
ANALYSIS,
VISUALIZATION

35. LINEARIZATION
GENERATING QUADKEY INDEXES

36. 1013670006216458240
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LINEARIZATION
GENERATING QUADKEY INDEXES

38. AGGREGATION
TILECUBES ARE TO GEO WHAT DATA CUBES ARE TO BI

39. AGGREGATION
TILECUBES ARE TO GEO WHAT DATA CUBES ARE TO BI
[
{
x: 25,
y: 77,
values: [ 1, 10 ],
steps: [214, 215]
},
...
]

40. ANALYSIS
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS IMPROVES KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY

41. D A TA SA MPLIN G K - MEA NS FILTER U SER

42. D A TA SA MPLIN G K - MEA NS FILTER U SER

43. {
"type": "kmeans",
"params": {
"source": {
"type": "source",
"params": {
"query": "select * from clients"
}
},
"clusters": 10
}
}

44. ANALYSIS
USING QUADKEY INDICES FOR ANALYSIS OPTIMIZATION

45. VISUALIZATION
TORQUE.J S USES TILECUBES TO RENDER DATA DYNAMICAL LY

46. THANK YOU
@SALEIVA
S@CARTO.COM
–Without all the hype