Company
Date Published
Author
Michal Migurski, Data Products
Word count
211
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

QGIS and Felt are being used by diverse teams in fields like planning, tech, and environmental sciences to combine the analytical power of desktop GIS with the ease of web-based collaboration. Felt supports QGIS as its first flagship-level sustaining member, facilitating expert map-makers who rely on various tools to enhance workflow efficiency. QGIS offers professional data handling and processing capabilities with plugins for creating interactive maps, but it lacks features for sharing, permissions, and feedback. Felt addresses these gaps by providing browser-based collaboration, cloud storage, and team-based data management, similar to tools like Google Docs and Figma, thus revolutionizing map work by making QGIS maps and analysis more accessible across organizations.