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CartoDB is great for generating geographic visualizations of data where the geographies are well-defined. It would be great for analysts to develop visualizations of data with spatial elements. That being said, the software is limited if you want to do any real data munging or analysis, as it can be cumbersome to use and there isn't a great interface for actually saving the results of different manipulations (you can save it as a new file, but it's hard to do version control, etc.). I would recommend preparing the data outside of CartoDB and only using the tool for visualization once the data is well prepared.Incentivized
Geosite can be used brilliantly if you have the final format ready as per your need, it can aggregate, clean, compile & summarize data as per your liking & recommendations & can even help in simplifying the summary as per the understanding levels of target audience, however if you do not have a specific format for summaries in mind, it can struggle to make sense of raw data & present it appealingly in a visual format which can be easier to go through rather than just a large set of numbers.Incentivized
It is amazing at allowing control of the visualizations. It takes a little bit to get used to but the combination of full SQL queries and CSS-like styling is very powerful.The services are built on a robust stack of open source software. I was able to build a standalone instance of CartoDB relatively easily (after some research and trial and error).Server side map rendering is key for handling large data sets. The way the images are returned makes them very easy to catch in an HTTP cache to minimize the hits to the server. The interactivity that CartoDB has built in makes this completely transparent to the end user, they can click on parts of the static images and be presented with popups or change map styles. It's a very clever implementation.Incentivized
Aggregating data across multiple platformsCleaning data very effectively to keep only the most relevant bitsCreating context from raw data for analysis & implementationIncentivized
I don't like the new Builder UI as it has been tough to explain. Other than that I have no complaints.Incentivized
Ability to quickly transform numbers to visual representation needs an overhaulMore customization options when it comes to presenting raw dataTransforming aggregated data into context driven summaries need to be more elaborateIncentivized
CartoDB is more user friendly and quicker to learn than ArcGIS Online and Mapbox Incentivized
CartoDB definitely saves a lot of time when creating visualizations. Previously, I would use different software and have to make edits manually (or just create the visualizations manually to start with). I would say that the software definitely cuts the time required to create certain visualizations by a half or two-thirds.Incentivized
Representing data visually has helped us in delivering trainings effectivelyConverting raw data to context based summaries has cut down on project TAT significantlyMore options are needed however to visualize the data from numbers to charts/graphsIncentivized