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  1. Getting Started

Create your first map

Build your first interactive Felt map.

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Build your first interactive map in just minutes. Explore our step-by-step videos covering how to upload your data, style it effectively, and share your completed maps with others.

Want to follow along? Use a dataset of your own or this of store revenue across the US.

Step 1: Uploading your data

Step 2: Styling your data

Step 3: Easily share your maps

Felt's feature lets you import geographic data in various formats from multiple sources.

To get started, click Upload Anything in the toolbar and choose your preferred method - direct file upload, URL import, or Enterprise options like cloud sources. Felt automatically identifies spatial information in your data and places it on the map without requiring technical expertise.

After uploading, interact with your data by double-clicking the layer in the legend to center your view and open the style editor. Click the button to see your data in a familiar spreadsheet format. To narrow specific information, your data by either right-clicking on a column to add a filter or use the Filter tab in the style editor to set conditions (like "Revenue greater than 95,000") and watch the map update immediately to display only the relevant data points, allowing you to focus on specific information.

The in Felt allows you to transform raw data into customized visualizations.

Access the style editor by selecting a data layer in the . In the General section, choose from including Simple, Categories, Color range, Size range, Heatmap and H3. The options in the style editor adapt to your selected visualization type, with the legend updating automatically as you make your selections.

Beyond basic settings, customize further in the Legend section by adjusting text and captions. Use to control what viewers see when moving their cursor over features in your layer, from simple pop-ups to embedded iframes or custom HTML. For advanced viewer interactions, the section lets you build custom dashboards with charts and statistics that enhance data presentation and interactivity.

Felt offers flexible options for while keeping your data secure.

At the map level, click the Share button to set permissions (view only, view and comment, or full editing access). For private sharing, set access to "Only people and teams invited," add specific emails, and designate them as viewers who can see and comment, or editors who can make changes. Once shared, you can collaborate in real time, exchange feedback through , and tag teammates to start conversations directly on the map.

For broader collaboration, use level sharing. Add to your workspace by selecting "Invite members" and setting appropriate permissions. Projects help organize subsets of maps within your workspace - making them private allows you to control access without exposing your entire workspace, perfect for client work or team-specific content. Enterprise users can also brand and their maps in internal portals or dashboards using authenticated tokens for , combining geographic data with business insights for better decision-making.

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