Looks interesting, like Figma but for maps
Off topic, but I like how the site uses a green background, stands out in the sea of gray and black that most sites use
Team-based map making with Felt
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#13Any plans to offer SQL based sources, like Carto?
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#14founder here and YC W15 w/ my last company. happy to answer questions!
I've tried to get a set of vector tiles (`.pbf.json` generated with tippecanoe) working as a background, but the docs don't specify if vector tiles are accepted, and all the examples are raster tiles.
Can you use vector tiles as a custom background? If so, how, and are there limits on format support?
Re: Team-based map making with Felt
#15founder here and YC W15 w/ my last company. happy to answer questions!
I've tried to get a set of vector tiles (`.pbf.json` generated with tippecanoe) working as a background, but the docs don't specify if vector tiles are accepted, and all the examples are raster tiles. Can you use vector tiles as a custom background? If so, how, and are there limits on format support?
right now just external raster tiles, but vector tiles is on the roadmap!
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#16They also just switched to MapLibre[1].
Re: Team-based map making with Felt
#17founder here and YC W15 w/ my last company. happy to answer questions!
Looks beautiful! Trying to think up ways that real estate agents or brokers could use this, but all of the examples seem to be on a much larger scale like regions or states, as opposed to neighborhoods or small cities. Do you have any users doing fascinating things for real estate customers/agents/brokers?
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#18Very interesting! Does this support GeoTIFF images?
I ask because I've got ~200 acres of forest I use a drone to survey. I generate a high resolution orthophoto, and I currently built my own site on top of leaflet using tiles cut from the large orthophoto.
I'm working with conservation organizations to try and restore some stream habitat, and being able to markup maps together would be incredible, but it looks like you are focusing on vector layers first?
Is it possible to provide my own tile server url? (e.g. I'll host the tiles on S3/Cloudfront/whatever, I just want to fancy notation/collaboration infrastructure.)
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Follow up -- I'm just one person who happens to work with various conservation groups to maintain the health of my forest. Typically, these groups are already strapped for cash, but it looks like this wouldn't really fall under 'personal' use because it's multiple people collaborating on a map? Very curious about whether you plans include a price tier for "I guess I want something like this but I'm also just like, one dude and not a business"
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Looks like yes, I can bring my own baselayer. (In my case, I have two base layers, one topgraphic, and an additional one that's the raster image, but it looks like I could create a similar experience on Felt?) So really, then the question becomes one of pricing for small uses like mine.
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#19Very interesting! Does this support GeoTIFF images? I ask because I've got ~200 acres of forest I use a drone to survey. I generate a high resolution orthophoto, and I currently built my own site on top of leaflet using tiles cut from the large orthophoto. I'm working with conservation organizations to try and restore some stream habitat, and being able to markup maps together would be incredible , but it looks like…
Played around with it, looks like my particular use case is not supported (and also there appears to be a bug where the minimum tile zoom is not being respected for base layers?)
I want a base layer of one map, with an additional base layer (or raster data layer) on top of that base layer. It appears I can have one raster base layer, and any number of vector data layers on top.
Also, my tiles use -y, which I think is something I ought to fix (I just noticed this because I exported with the default output from ddb tile, which requires telling leaflet to use TMS or -y), so I can't just drop them in Felt.
Re: Team-based map making with Felt
#20Very interesting! Does this support GeoTIFF images? I ask because I've got ~200 acres of forest I use a drone to survey. I generate a high resolution orthophoto, and I currently built my own site on top of leaflet using tiles cut from the large orthophoto. I'm working with conservation organizations to try and restore some stream habitat, and being able to markup maps together would be incredible , but it looks like…
Played around with it, looks like my particular use case is not supported (and also there appears to be a bug where the minimum tile zoom is not being respected for base layers?) I want a base layer of one map, with an additional base layer (or raster data layer) on top of that base layer. It appears I can have one raster base layer, and any number of vector data layers on top. Also, my tiles use -y, which I think is…
Hey there! Sorry it didn't work well for you but this is valuable feedback. We are working on adding more raster support. If you shoot an email to support@felt.com, we can better understand your use case and potentially add you to our testing groups when we build those features so you get to see them first and even influence!
Once again, thank you for trying it out!