# Mapping Square Payments During the Super Bowl

DevFeed: [Mapping Square Payments During the Super Bowl](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mapping-square-payments-during-the-super-bowl-15761.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/mapping-square-payments-during-the-super-bowl>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2013-03-11T16:02:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Data visualization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-visualization.md>), [CSV](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/csv.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-visualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-visualization.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [mapping](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mapping.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

Square explains how it mapped anonymized payment activity during Super Bowl XLVII using a focused dataset, geographic processing with PostGIS, and open-source mapping tools. The article discusses balancing useful visualization with merchant and payment privacy.

## Source excerpt

Building on open tools and data to share our payments story under a tight deadline.