What is CartoDB?

CartoDB is an open source tool that allows for the storage and visualization of geospatial data on the web.

It was built to make it easier for people to tell their stories by providing them with flexible and intuitive ways to create maps and design geospatial applications. CartoDB can be installed on your own server and we also offer a hosted service at cartodb.com.

If you would like to see some live demos, check out our videos on Vimeo. We hope you like it!

What can I do with CartoDB?

With CartoDB, you can upload your geospatial data (Shapefiles, GeoJSON, etc) using a web form and then make it public or private.

After it is uploaded, you can visualize it in a table or on a map, search it using SQL, and apply map styles using CartoCSS. You can even access it using the CartoDB API OVERVIEW and SQL API, or export it to a file.

In other words, with CartoDB you can make awesome maps and build powerful geospatial applications! Definitely check out the CartoDB Develop for interactive examples and code.

Installing

Read the installation guide in CartoDB developers documentation

How do I upgrade CartoDB?

See UPGRADE for instructions about upgrading CartoDB.

For upgrade of Windshaft-CartoDB and CartoDB-SQL-API see the relative documentation.

Developing & Contributing to CartoDB

See our contributing doc for how you can improve CartoDB, but you will need to sign a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) before making a submission, learn more here.

Testing

Check the testing doc section.

Requirements

CartoDB works in any modern browser, but if you want more info:

• Internet Explorer from v10.
• Opera from v31.
• Firefox from v38.
• Safari from v8.
• Chrome from v31.