Exploring the power of Felt's API: highlights from our internal Hackathon

Following the launch of the Felt API, which has already garnered over 15,000 calls, an internal hackathon showcased its diverse capabilities through three standout projects. The first project, a live weather map developed by Kyle and Damon, utilizes the NOAA NOMADS API to provide real-time weather monitoring with interactive layers for cloudiness, reflectivity, temperature, and precipitable water, leveraging Felt's live data refresh feature. The second project, an interactive version of the 1983 Global Thermonuclear War game by Tom and Isaac, demonstrates the API's potential for creating complex interactive applications using new element creation and webhook features. Lastly, Chris's elevation profile generator enhances route planning by detecting new routes, querying an elevation service, and generating elevation profiles, applicable for uses like the Tour de France or general route planning. These projects not only illustrate the API's flexibility and power but also open the door to future innovations in real-time data integration, interactive gaming, and advanced geospatial analysis.