Home / Companies / Felt / Blog / Post Details
Content Deep Dive

Stream, Index, and Visualize Raster Data from Amazon S3, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure with Felt

Blog post from Felt

Post Details
Company
Date Published
Author
Mamata Akella, Cartographer
Word Count
275
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
Summary

Organizations across various sectors, including climate, energy, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring, are increasingly accumulating large volumes of raster data, such as satellite imagery and terrain models, stored in cloud environments. Despite the availability of modern formats like Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs), which are designed for efficient cloud access, transforming this data into interactive map layers remains a complex process involving metadata cataloging, tile server implementation, and browser rendering. Felt's raster infrastructure simplifies these challenges by connecting data discovery directly to visualization, transforming cloud storage into searchable spatial catalogs, and enabling seamless streaming of COGs to maps. It automates the indexing of raster data, offers intuitive spatial browsing, and facilitates powerful metadata filtering without requiring manual infrastructure management or custom coding. This approach drastically reduces the time and effort needed for data visualization and collaboration, turning what traditionally took weeks or months into a process that can be completed in minutes.