# Foursquare Studio: Everything you love about kepler.gl + more

Built on top of [kepler.gl](http://kepler.gl/), Studio offers all the visualization and analytics capabilities of [kepler.gl](http://kepler.gl/) with added features and functionality.

## **Do everything you can do in kepler.gl, plus…**

- [****Automatically detect and**  **load geo boundaries****](https://foursquare.com/products/studio/keplergl-vs-studio/#use-case-tab-9b1f27e8-deeb-4964-975a-8f4390fb1854-0)
- [**Publish and share secure live   maps via link**](https://foursquare.com/products/studio/keplergl-vs-studio/#use-case-tab-9b1f27e8-deeb-4964-975a-8f4390fb1854-1)
- [****Add charts and analysis modules****](https://foursquare.com/products/studio/keplergl-vs-studio/#use-case-tab-9b1f27e8-deeb-4964-975a-8f4390fb1854-2)

### **Automatically detect and**  **load geo boundaries**

### Publish and share secure live   maps via link

### **Add charts and analysis modules**

## Studio vs. kepler.gl

While kepler.gl is a powerful visualization application, Studio takes the platform one step further with an emphasis on analysis and a wider range of capabilities including more layers, filters, and analytics modules.

| ### Features | ### kepler.gl | ### Studio | ### Studio users can: |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Data Import | <br>(CSV, GeoJSON) |  | Use a range of file formats, with the most commonly used file formats supported (CSV, GeoJSON, Shapefiles, Vector Tiles and more). |
| Publish |  |  | Publish maps using Studio’s cloud storage with link access, update maps and republish to the same url, control visibility settings, and publish password protected maps. |
| Share & Collaborate | <br>(Share via Dropbox & CARTO) |  | Easily share or embed secure live maps with a link. Users can grant edit/view permission during the sharing process for seamless collaboration with other Studio users. |
| Database Connectors | ❌ |  | Access connectors to popular data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, PrestoDB, Athena, etc). |
| Administrative Boundaries | ❌ |  | Generate polygons and centroid from columns containing administrative boundaries (ie: county, state, zip code). |
| Charts | ❌ |  | Add statistics and charts to maps for deeper analysis. |
| Data Operations | ❌ |  | Perform common data operations including spatial operations (ie: expression, extract, group by, spatial join, and union). |
| Spatial Analysis | ❌ |  | Studio users can access a growing list of spatial analysis modules: cluster outlier, and suitability analysis. |
| Video Export | ❌ |  | Export videos at a resolution of 1440p. (GIF, WebM). |
| Advanced Animation | ❌ |  | Animate across the dataset, with custom models, configurable trails, and other advanced features. |

## Interested in learning more about Studio?

Built by the team behind kepler.gl, Foursquare Studio is one of the most powerful geospatial analytics and visualization tools available today.

**View our introduction to Studio**

#### **More on Studio vs. kepler**.gl

[Read the deep-dive comparison](https://foursquare.com/studio/docs/keplergl-vs-studio)

#### **Start mapping with Studio**

[Create your free Studio account](https://studio.foursquare.com/signup?utm_source=Kepler&utm_campaign=Kepler_CreateAccount&utm_medium=partner_site)