iTAK 4+
Team Awareness Kit
United States Department of the Army, TAK Product Center
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
The Team Awareness Kit (TAK) (known as the Tactical Assault Kit in the Department of Defense) application:
iTAK is a collaborative geospatial application to see your teams’ locations, sensor information, videos, chat, and more in real-time. iTAK supports Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial sector standards for icons, sensor information, and communication. Data can be pre-loaded into iTAK or downloaded from the network (via TAK Server) when available.
iTAK capabilities include:
• Online and offline mapping (most standard formats), download the maps right in the app
• Blue force / team tracking (BFT)
• Collaborative mapping, including points, drawings, locations of interest
• Import and display of KML, KMZ, GeoPDF overlays
• Location marking, sharing, with photo tagging
• Chat, file sharing, photo sharing
• Live video streaming with the ability to share video links
• Spotted map to mark and share multiple locations across your map
• Digital pointer to rapidly mark and share items on the map with your team
• Navigation-walking/hiking, driving, also useful flying and air-ground coordination
• Center on self or other objects (e.g. another person in the network)
• Range, bearing measurement tools
• Team Emergency Beacons
• Customizable toolbar
• 3D perspective
• All data is secured and fully compatibility with the TAK ecosystem (ATAK, TAK Server, WinTAK)
• Useful for law enforcement, first responders, hunting, fishing, ornithology, wildlife site survey
System Requirements
Operating System: iOS version 16 and later.
What’s New
Version 2.8.1
2.8.1 Hot Fix - Fixes a sharing bug that causes contacts to be deselected.
New Features
Streaming KML/KMZ
Adds the functionality for KML/KMZ files import for a network link to be automatically synced at a user specified interval.
Kestrel Weather Monitoring
-Adds Bluetooth Compatibility with Kestrel Fire Weather Pro Weather Monitoring Device
-Includes Bluetooth device icon button to display loaded information.
-Includes automatic and manual Kestrel Marker creation, update, and sharing
-Includes ability to export saved time-based weather data
Geofences
-Adds Geofence capability to Shapes Options Button
-Includes the functionality to set, activate, deactivate a Geofence in Action Menu
-Includes the functionality to set what types of geofence triggers are monitored by the geofence.
Resolved Issues
-Fixed the top drawer obstructing the widget view.
-Fixed the bottom drawer obstructing the selected map object.
-Fixed not being able to customize the order of plugin tools.
-Fixed shared rulers not drawing on the map.
-Fixed issue where map objects would not stay in sync between iPhone and Apple Watch.
-Fixed issue where CoT messages sent to the server contained new lines.
-Fixed issue where creating a Data Sync mission would fail on TAK Servers that have channels.
-Fixed issue where Data Sync mission that require a password to subscribe to were not appearing in the available missions list.
-Fixed shared routes and custom shapes not updating.
Improved Features
Stale Out Time
-Markers and contacts that stale out can now be greyed out for a configurable number of minutes before being removed
Markers UI
-Adds Marker UI updates
-Adds remarks field, close button, and action menu button to Marker details view.
-Action menu provides actions to add to packages, share with contacts, track marker, hide element -visibility, edit, and delete marker
Shapes UI
-New Workflow for initial Shape Selection and Creation
-Applies Marker Drawer Action Menu updates to Shapes Tool
-Adds Rectangle Creation to Shapes Tool
-Adds Outline Customization to Shapes Tool
Layers Overlay
-Adds functionality to export Overlays.
-Adds functionality to import an Overlay from a network link.
Adds functionality to auto refresh the Overlay at a specified interval.
TAK Channels
-Markers received from a channel are removed when unsubscribing from the channel instead of waiting for the stale time.
-Channels for a server are ordered alphabetically.
-Non TAK Channels compatible servers are no longer shown in server list
Navigation
-Fixed issue where destination Markers are created on the Apple Watch
-Fixed issues where My Current Location or Marker Locations would incorrectly populate under Directions
Apple Watch
-Fixed issue where Markers created on the watch were not intractable on the phone.
-Resolved by ITSCoTMapObject
-Fixed issue where Markers created on the watch did not have a unique name.
-Fixed issue where navigation related markers were published to the watch.
Ratings and Reviews
Stripped Down ATAK but coming along
I’ve been following this project for a while. There have been leaps & bounds. While there is still some to be desired with iTAK. It is a great option & allows compatibility with the TAK servers. I would like to see this become as fully capable as ATAK some day. Right now I currently wish that I could upload packages to the server from iTAK. One bug I noticed is that even if I’ve read a message through the chat tool, the notification still shows until I go to notifications to read it. It would be nice if the notifications cleared no matter how I got there. Thanks TAK TEAM! Keep it going. Let’s get this puppy fully functional!
Developer Response ,
Thanks for the feedback. We're looking into this package bug you described. Fix coming soon!!
It’s a great app, but…
I cannot add my team to the contacts, and with “fire season” about to be blowing and going, it’s critical to add them. My specific location shows up in real time with no delay (which is great), but it shows that I am not connected. There are no directions on the website as to how to use navigate the app OR add contacts which is a bit discouraging.
Clearly, there are several wrinkles to iron out and it’s a great start. However, I am hoping this is up and running to full capacity before the wild fires are out of control and my team is deployed.
Developer Response ,
Great suggestion. We are adding this to the list of features to come.
Handy app
I really like the concept and overall it’s pretty well done. One issue I have is when creating a point of interest I am unable to rename it from the default. I can change the coordinates, add comments, and add a photo but the window will not allow me to scroll up to access the name. Quite frustrating as this seems like a minor coding issue but it makes it difficult to determine what a point represents without clicking on it.
App Privacy
The developer, United States Department of the Army, TAK Product Center, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- United States Department of the Army, TAK Product Center
- Size
- 191.3 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 8.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2021 TAK Product Center
- Price
- Free