April spotlight: 10 best Felt Community maps
Blog post from Felt
Felt maps are being utilized in a variety of innovative ways by diverse professionals, ranging from urban planners to educators, to illustrate complex data and support community projects. Chris Holmes used Felt to layer vector data over satellite imagery of Walvis Bay, while Angelica Rodriguez-Arriaga incorporated LiDAR data to teach California water history. GIS analyst Chris Soriano compared historical and current maps of Paterson, New Jersey, revealing urban changes, and Mesut Ersöz crafted a viral map of Istanbul's iconic 90s music video locations. Environmental concerns in Santa Cruz were highlighted through a map by Stamen Design and Al Ramadan, while Katherine Rudzki and Lanrick Bennett Jr. focused on pedestrian improvements and mobility upgrades in Raleigh and Toronto, respectively. Ian Wolfe showcased multi-unit housing developments in Baltimore, and Arun Ganesh provided an interactive electoral ward map for Mumbai. Márton Leitold's map connected Hungarian thermal waters with cycling routes, demonstrating the versatility of Felt in visualizing geographic and thematic data.