Community, News, Licensing, Support and Download for TAK / ATAK Tools
Update: The SDK is now available for download. The SDK for CivTAK has been released by the TAK Product Center. You can find it here. CivTAK 4.0.7 has also been Open Sourced using the GPL 3 License. You can find that source code here. The next step is likely be CivTAK in the Google Play Store. Update: The SDK has …
SDK Released; CivTAK Open Sourced More
T.Rex Arms did a video on ATAK today. Its pushed a lot of traffic here, but he’s a bit behind on some things, and some others will be addressed soon. “On the move side, its a powerhouse. It has everything I need for mapping… On the communications side, ATAK is built to do off-line comms very well*”). T.Rex also said …
“The F-35 of Mobile Geo-Spatial Collaboration” – T.Rex Covers ATAK More
CivTAK 4.0.7 has been released. This is the enterprise-quality, “F-35 of Geospatial Collaboration” official, plugin-capable release of CivTAK. You can get it here. Its the most capable geospatial collaboration tool out there at any price. T-Rex recommended that iPhone users go buy an Android to try it out it is so powerful.
CivTAK 4.0.7 Has Been Released More
Dvids covers how the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is leveragng TAK. There’s a reference to JSTO In the news Magazine’s February Issue. That issue appears to be here, but there’s nothing of value in that link, and its not the one shown. The June Issue has a similar photo, but no TAK-related content. Here’s the video from that link:
DTRA Promotes TAK More
AJ Johansson posted that he has a script from Par that imports the AlertWildFire.org cameras in California. I’d like to see the script published so people could apply it to other systems.
Script to import Cameras to ATAK More
This video from NBC11News.com (Colorado’s KKCO TV) on TAK — The Team Awareness Kit – verses paper maps, starring Brad Schmidt. It also highlights the value of mesh radios and Senator Cory Gardner (R, Colorado).
KKCO – TAK for WildFires More
SomeWear has a new SatCom-based Texting device, which they bill as a “global hotspot” that’s integrated with ATAK via a plugin. There are likely to be several of these coming online in the next year and having them integrated with the best off-grid mapping application only makes sense. The cost is $350 plus service, which ranges from $8.50 to $50/month. …
2-Way SatCom Texting w/ ATAK More
Here’s a series of WinTAK-Civ tutorials that have been marked Distribution A — Approved for Public Release; Distribution Unlimited. The second Video in the Series.
WinTAK Tutorial Series More
Here’s a post from AJ on the use of a Motorola APX Radio integrated with ATAK. Via LinkedIn.
Moto APX integrates w/ ATAK/CivTAK More
Here’s a series of video tutorials on the basics of ATAK/CivTAK use. This series was produced by the Government and approved for public release (Distribution A). I’ve set the series of twelve videos to be released over the next week. Here’s the first video:
ATAK/CivTAK Video Tutorial Series More