Data sources

Browse and share data sources in Felt, from databases and buckets to Felt Servers. Preview datasets before adding them to a map.

A data source holds datasets your workspace can browse, preview, and add to maps. Sources include Felt Servers, web services, databases, buckets, and STAC catalogs. To connect one, see Add a source.

Sources on each plan

Source	Plans
Web services: ArcGIS services, WMS / WMTS, and WFS	Team, Business, and Enterprise
Databases: Postgres / PostGIS, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks, and Wherobots	Business and Enterprise
Buckets: Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage	Business and Enterprise
STAC catalogs	Business and Enterprise
Felt Servers	Business and Enterprise

The number of database and bucket sources, and of Felt Servers, depends on the plan. See the Felt pricing page. The Global Library is on every plan.

Browse data sources

The Data sources dialog lists every source you have access to, plus the Global Library. Private sources you haven't been invited to don't appear. In a map, click Data sources in the center of the toolbar at the top of the map, or press Shift+L. On the workspace home page, the same list is in the Data sources section of the sidebar.

• The search bar at the top of the dialog searches the open tab: Recent data searches every source at once, and a source's tab searches only that source.

• The Recent data tab lists datasets you recently previewed, added to a map, or published.

Select a dataset to preview it in the Map, Table, and Metadata tabs. To add it to the current map, click Create layer for a dataset from a database, bucket, or web service, or Add to map for a Felt Server layer. The layer appears in the legend. On the home page, click Create map to start a new map with the dataset.

A layer from a database or bucket is a copy: Felt reads the data when you create the layer, stores it for fast display, and reads it again at each refresh. Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs) streamed from a bucket or STAC catalog aren't copied. See Refresh data and Stream large rasters.

The Data sources dialog, formerly the Library, also includes the Global Library, Felt's collection of public datasets. The Global Library isn't a source: every workspace can use it, and it has no sharing settings. See Global Library.

To add a file, a URL, or a spreadsheet to one map, you don't need a source. See Upload files and Add data from URLs.

Sharing and permissions

Each data source has its own access settings, separate from those of maps that use its data. A source can be open to the workspace (the Workspace setting) or private to invited people. Its access levels are View, Edit, and Source admin. The person who adds the source gets Source admin access. See Permissions.

Change who can access a source

Changing a source's workspace access needs Source admin access.

1. Open the source and click Share.

2. In the workspace access list, select View or Edit to open the source to the workspace at that level, or select None (make private).

3. If you're switching the source between open and private, click Make private or Open to workspace to confirm.

Invite people to a source

Available on the Business and Enterprise plans. Compare plans

Inviting people to a source needs Edit access to the source. An invitation gives people access to one source, including a private one.

1. Open the source and click Share.

2. Enter one or more email addresses and select an access level.

3. Click Invite. People who aren't workspace members get an email invitation.

To change or remove someone's access, open Share and select a new level next to their name.