Postgres / PostGIS

PostGIS is a powerful spatial database extension for PostgreSQL that allows you to store, query, and analyze geographic data. Felt provides a simple way to connect, query and visualize this data on a map. Felt can connect to any web-accessible Postgres database by IP address or URL

This feature is only available to customers on the Enterprise plan. To upgrade, contact sales.

1. Create a new, read-only user on your database for Felt access

2. Click on the Library () in the toolbar

3. Click + New Source

4. Select Postgres / PostGIS

5. Enter Connection Details

   1. Source Name: name of the source in Felt

   2. Host & Port: host URL & port number: connection details to your database

   3. Database: name of the PostGIS database

   4. Username & Password: database user’s credentials (not your Felt credentials) ****

   5. Who can see this source?: control access to this source within Felt

6. Click Connect

7. Once connected you will see a catalog of your data with previews for your new source

8. From here you can add any of these layers to your spatial dashboards!

Supabase configuration

If you use Supabase, input the "Session Pooler connection string" instead of the direct connection string format when connecting to Felt. The session pooler connection string can be found in the Supabase dashboard. See Supabase docs for more information.