We all need an assist when we’re thinking big. At CartoDB, we’ve seen some of the most original user visualizations inspired by common data. So, we’re focused on growing public data offerings to help you make maps that tell more creative and comprehensive stories.

Are you into creating beautiful maps? We thought so. Let’s talk about Stamen. They’re an award-winning, internationally known design and technology studio based in San Francisco’s Mission District (aka the West Coast Williamsburg). You may have heard of them, but you’ve definitely encountered their work if you keep up with newspapers, Fortune 500 brands, museum collections, and prime time television.

The world is slowly being filled with open data (at last!). More and more organizations are understanding the need and usefulness of opening up data sets. But when we talk open data, we tend to think -only- in public administrations and non-profit organizations making their data accessible. But what about private companies? Wouldn’t them also benefit from people reusing that data, their creativity and ideas, the creation of ecosystems, and the whole lot?

Los próximos días estaremos de nuevo en México. Visitaremos el DF, Monterrey y Guadalajara como parte de los eventos de presentación del InnovaChallenge MX. En estos eventos hablaremos sobre el concurso, realizaremos una demo de CartoDB y mostraremos ejemplos de mapas creados con los datos abiertos para el concurso, y contaremos con personas locales que están desarrollando proyectos relacionados con datos. Una tarde para hablar de datos abiertos, mapas y conectar con gente de la comunidad mexicana. ¡Te esperamos!

Welcomer Aurelia Moser (@auremoser) to our Map of the Week series. She is a developer for Knight Mozilla Open News in Brooklyn, NY. She has worked on projects for Ushahidi and Internews Kenya, building interactive visualizations to support data journalism and crisis mapping globally. Find her at algorhyth.ms, and listen in for her radio show based on the semantic web at Stereo Semantics.

Diego ‘Kartones’ will be giving a tech intro to CartoDB in the next LocationTech Meetup held in Madrid. Come and learn about CartoDB internals, and how can you use it for any kind of mapping projects, from small visualizations to complex custom web-based data visualization interfaces. Meet us next Tuesday, 21 October 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM @ MediaLab Prado.