July 2024 Summaries

Felt is a powerful cloud-based tool designed for visualizing large spatial datasets, enhanced by its new native database integrations with platforms such as Postgres, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, and BigQuery. Led by geospatial expert Mike Migurski, a webinar series is offered to guide users in integrating Felt with their workflows, demonstrating syncing technology and providing opportunities to engage with data architects. The series emphasizes the ease and speed of connecting data sources to build spatial solutions necessary for dynamic business needs. With the integration of databases into Felt, organizations can swiftly create spatial applications and dashboards tailored to their specific workflows. For those eager to explore modern GIS capabilities, Felt's Enterprise Sales Team is available to assist with setup and transformation.

Felt offers a powerful cloud-based platform for visualizing large spatial datasets, enhanced by new native database integrations with systems such as Postgres, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, and BigQuery. Through a series of webinars led by geospatial expert Mike Migurski, users can learn how to efficiently integrate Felt into their workflows, leveraging its syncing technology to build spatial solutions swiftly. These sessions provide insights into connecting data sources and constructing modern spatial stacks tailored to various databases. Felt's platform supports the creation of spatial applications and dashboards, designed to meet diverse workflow needs, with further assistance available from their Sales and Enterprise Sales teams for those eager to experience a modern GIS transformation.

Felt is introducing a new Team plan designed for teams with up to 25 members, including 3 editors, offering 25GB of data hosting for $200/month annually or $250 monthly, effective January 2025. This plan aims to address the limitations of previous plans, which were based on the number of users and created access issues. Non-profits can access a special version of the Team plan for $250/year starting July 31, 2024, while Felt continues to offer free educational use. The Enterprise plan offers additional features like database connections and 1TB storage, and current Starter and Professional plan users can upgrade to the Team plan now or retain their existing plans until the transition. The Free plan remains unchanged, but users receive a 14-day trial of the Team plan to explore new features.

Felt 3.0 builds on the capabilities introduced with Felt 2.0 by extending the accessibility and utility of geospatial data beyond teams to entire organizations, allowing various stakeholders, such as sales, management, clients, and constituents, to leverage GIS insights more effectively. The update includes features that enable users to connect databases like Postgres/PostGIS and Snowflake directly to Felt, ensuring that geospatial data remains up-to-date and aligned with the source of truth. This connectivity allows for the creation and interaction with apps and dashboards that visualize pertinent operational insights, with planned support for additional third-party data sources such as Databricks, S3, BigQuery, Redshift, Esri Feature Service, and STAC, further enhancing the tool's versatility.

Felt is introducing a new Team plan designed for teams with up to 25 members and three editors, offering 25GB of data hosting for $200 per month annually, or $250 monthly, with a transition for existing Starter and Pro customers set for January 2025. This initiative follows insights that existing geospatial software pricing models are misaligned with organizational needs, creating access issues and bottlenecks. The new plan accommodates a wide range of GIS features and supports over 100 file types, including vector and raster files. Non-profits can access a version of the Team plan for $250 annually starting July 31, 2024, while educational and classroom use of Felt remains free. Current Free plan users will retain their plan but receive a 14-day Team trial. The Enterprise plan offers additional features, such as database connections and 1TB of storage, for larger teams.

Felt 3.0 builds upon its predecessor by broadening the accessibility and utility of geospatial data across entire organizations, allowing not just teams but also various stakeholders such as sales, management, clients, and constituents to utilize GIS insights. The update introduces features that enable the integration of data from key databases like Postgres/PostGIS and Snowflake, with plans to support additional data sources such as Databricks, S3, BigQuery, Redshift, Esri Feature Service, and STAC. This expansion aims to democratize geospatial data by allowing users to create and interact with applications and dashboards that provide valuable operational insights, thus enhancing the applicability of GIS across diverse organizational functions.