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What is spatial data science? With Matt Forest from Carto (Ep. 190)

In this episode I am with Matt Forrest, VP of Solutions Engineering at Carto. We speak about machine learning applied to spatial data, spatial SQL and GIS (Geographic Information System). Enjoy the show!

 

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References

Carto https://carto.com

Spatial Feature Engineering: https://geographicdata.science/book/intro.html

CARTO Blog: https://carto.com/blog/

Spatial SQL Resources: https://forrest.nyc/learn-spatial-sql/

Spatial Data Science: https://forrest.nyc/geospatial-python

 

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