Duplicate and move maps

Duplicate a Felt map as a template or backup. Move maps into projects and folders, or copy them to another workspace.

To copy a map, open the Felt menu and click File > Duplicate map. The copy has its own link, but in the same workspace its Felt Server layers stay synced with the original. Moving a map keeps its link and puts it in your Drafts, a project, or a folder in the same workspace.

Duplicate a map

To duplicate a Felt map, you need a seat in the workspace where you want to put the copy. Duplicating works on every plan, including Free. If you have View or Contribute access to the map, or you're logged in and viewing a public map, the map's Duplicate map and data setting must be on, which it is by default. See Map settings.

1. Open the map.

2. Open the Felt menu and click File > Duplicate map. Felt opens the copy.

If you don't have a seat in the map's workspace, click Duplicate map to and select a paid workspace where you have a seat. If neither option appears in the File menu, you aren't logged in, the setting is off, or you don't have a seat in any workspace.

What a copy includes

You own the duplicated map. It has the original's name followed by "(copy)".

• Copied: layers, annotations, styles, the legend, dashboard components, extensions, print layouts, and custom icons.

• Not copied: comments and the original map's sharing settings. Share the copy separately. See Share a map.

• Location: the original's project and folder if you have Edit access to that project; otherwise, your Drafts.

A copy in the same workspace keeps Felt Server layers synced with the original, so data edits on either map appear on both. See How copies stay in step.

Use a map as a template

To use a map as a template, set it up with the layers, styles, and legend you want to reuse. Put it in a project your team can see, and have each person duplicate it. Felt has no separate template feature.

Move a map within a workspace

Moving a Felt map keeps existing links and embeds working. Everyone with access to its new project can see it. You need Edit access to the project the map is in and to the project you move it to, unless the map is in your Drafts.

1. Open the map and click Edit map in the toolbar at the top right of the map.

2. Open the Felt menu and click File > Move map…. You can also click the project name next to the map's title.

3. In the Move map dialog, select a project, a folder, or Drafts.

4. Click Move.

Copy a map to another workspace

Felt can't move maps between workspaces, but you can copy a map into another workspace. For copies between workspaces, you can only duplicate maps into paid workspaces. To copy from the Move map dialog, you need Edit access to the map's project, or the map must be in your Drafts. You also need Edit or Admin access to the other workspace, or Edit access to a project in it. Otherwise, use Duplicate map to. See Duplicate a map.

1. Open the map.

2. Open the Felt menu and click File > Move map….

3. In the Move map dialog, select the other workspace from the list at the bottom left. Felt shows Maps can only be duplicated across workspaces. The original will remain.

4. Select a project or folder in that workspace.

5. Click Duplicate.

A copy in another workspace gets its own independent layers, which don't sync with the original, and a new link. If the original is embedded on a website, update the embed code to show the copy. See Embed a map. The original stays until you delete it.