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Building Maps

Can I add elements to a Builder map?
FAQs about adding title, images, and text to Builder maps, with available workarounds.
Coastal Vignettes and Water Lines
Learn how to create coastal vignettes and water line effects using CARTO Builder with polygon layers, distance buffer analysis, and styling techniques.
Draw geometries on a CARTO.js map
How to implement drawing tools on a CARTO.js map to filter data interactively using Leaflet.draw or Google Maps drawing library.
Easy Builder animated map
Learn how to create animated maps with Builder using Torque, including styling, widgets, and category-based animation.
How (not) to lie with CARTO
Learn best practices for honest cartography in CARTO Builder, covering projections, choropleth normalization, TurboCARTO, CARTOcolors, and interactivity.
How can I add icons to Builder legends?
Learn how to match Legend symbols to map feature symbols, including icons, squares, and lines in CARTO Builder.
How can I add links/images to Builder popups?
Learn how to add hyperlinks or images to custom popups in CARTO Builder.
How can I change the style of a Pop-Up?
Learn how to create custom popups in Builder by editing HTML with inline styles.
How can I create a storytelling map with CARTO.js?
Learn how to create a story map with CARTO.js in combination with the Storymap.js library.
How can I customize the basemap?
Introduction to basemaps in CARTO, including customizing labels and using your own basemap.
How can I download big datasets?
Export compressed geopackage tables within .carto files as a workaround for downloading big datasets.
How can I embed a video within a CARTO.js popup?
Learn how to embed a YouTube video in a CARTO.js popup.
How can I improve my understanding of Cartography and GIS?
Learning resources for newcomers to GIS, spatial data, map projections, and cartography concepts.
How can I inset a map feature?
Learn how to inset geometry with PostGIS using ST_TransScale and ST_Transform for creating map insets of distant regions.
How can I open a popup when clicking on a button with CARTO.js?
Learn how to assign an open popup action to a button in a CARTO.js application.
How can I remove Others from a Builder category legend?
Learn how to eliminate the Others category that appears in Builder legends by switching to a custom legend type.
How can I represent overlapping geometries located at the same position?
Learn workarounds to show overlapping geometries (i.e. points) in CARTO using aggregation, centroids, and advanced SQL/CartoCSS techniques.
How can I style a Builder layer based on the zoom level?
Learn how to change the symbology with CartoCSS based on the map zoom level.
How can you search your own CARTO dataset in a CARTO.js map?
Learn how to create a CARTO.js custom dropdown menu based on your data to search and zoom to features.
How do I remove the 'Want to create maps like this?' banner from my maps?
Learn why your map has a banner on the bottom right side and how to remove it by upgrading your account.
How to center a CARTO Builder map embed
Learn how to add different zoom and center parameters to a Builder map embed using bounding box coordinates.
How to customize the Map Viewer style
Learn how to customize layer visualization in CARTO Map Viewer using deck.gl declarative language for styling, color ramps, and feature highlighting.
How to visualize more than ten categories
Learn how to use CartoCSS and CARTO VL to visualize more than the default number of categories in a map.
How to work with CARTO + Kepler.gl
Guide to creating, saving, editing, sharing, and deleting Kepler.gl maps using CARTO data.
List of available basemaps in CARTO
Reference list of CARTO raster and vector basemaps available for CARTO.js and CARTO VL applications.
Migrating from CARTO Editor to CARTO Builder
Comprehensive guide describing the migration of features from CARTO Editor to CARTO Builder, including workflows for data, analysis, styling, and publishing.
My data is updated, how can I refresh my map automatically?
Learn a workaround to force a Builder embed map to refresh when underlying data changes.
Symbology Challenge
Learn how to use advanced CartoCSS properties like marker-transform rotate and translate to create amazing maps with separated category points.
What happens in Builder with my EDITOR maps?
FAQs about Editor maps after Builder migration, including how existing maps are handled.
Why doesn't my Time Series slider animate to bar edges?
FAQs about animating layer points in Builder and how Time Series widget bars relate to animation steps.