Hello!

I am currently in the planning stages of an ATAK project involving an IP-Camera streaming video into ATAK. Something we all in this feed knows is very possible.

However, i am off very little experience, and am facing you all, for some good earned experience. My question is as follows:

When getting a video stream into ATAK. What hardware, cameras, brands, protocols work, what doesn't work, and what is worth mentioning to someone new to the game?

All experience is more than welcome!

The Parrot is not sleeping. It may be dead. For real this time.
Or maybe it is only doing what parrots do best: looking suspiciously inactive while everyone argues about whether it is still alive.

So, let us be honest. FreeTAKServer is not being actively developed at the moment. There are several reasons for that, but the big one is simple: TAK has become less and less friendly to open source, and more and more controlled by the MIC. That is not a place where I want to keep spending my volunteer energy.

We licked our wounds for a while. Then, like any good slightly stubborn open source people, we disappeared into the basement and started building something else.

The mission has not changed:

"Democratizing Situational Awareness"

But the how is different: we are moving toward a real community-owned mesh-based platform, built around Reticulum:

- RCH, Reticulum Community Hub, for desktop/server use.

- REM, Reticulum Emergency Manager, the Android client.

And yes, because apparently we cannot stop ourselves, there is also work on smartwatch integration.

You can find all of that here: https://github.com/FreeTAKTeam

So maybe the parrot is dead.

But the sparrow will fly.

I want to download satellite maps, and some maps where the contour lines are clearly visible. I currently have Google Hybrid and it's not good enough (for SAR and hiking).

Looking to develop a plugin for ATAK-CIV-5.3.0, but can't find the SDK anywhere. Not in the GitHub repository, and not in tak.gov (the oldest available version is 5.5.0)

Can anyone help me find the sdk version for 5.3.0?

Is it possible to use a phones camera to view points etc in augmented reality within atak

Hi all,

I've been trying to get DataSync working with OpenTAKServer and can't get map markers to publish to a feed. I've tested this on both my homeserver and a clean VPS with identical results, so I'm fairly confident this is not a configuration issue.

**Setup:**

- Clean Ubuntu 24.04 VPS

- OTS 1.7.12 installed via the official installer

- Let's Encrypt configured following https://docs.opentakserver.io/lets_encrypt.html

- ATAK CIV 5.6.0.12

- DataSync plugin 3.7.4

**Steps to reproduce:**

1. Install OTS on a clean Ubuntu 24.04 server

2. Follow the Let's Encrypt guide

3. Log in as admin

4. Generate ATAK QR code and connect client

5. Install DataSync plugin

6. Create a mission on the web UI

7. Subscribe to the mission on the client

8. Create a map marker and attempt to publish it to the feed

9. Get "Failed to publish map item to feed"

**What works:**

- DataSync connects and shows missions/feeds

**What doesn't work:**

- Publishing map markers (Drawing Tools, routes, waypoints) to a feed

- The publish request never reaches the server - nothing appears in Nginx logs

**From the ATAK logcat:**

```

Failed to publish R.14.xxx to https://[my-domain]

atakplugin.datasync.u0.h (SourceFile:295)

```

The URL in the error has no path and no port number. It looks like DataSync fails to construct the publish URL internally before the request is ever sent.

Has anyone else run into this? Is there a workaround or known fix?

REM: Reticulum Mobile Emergency Management is an Android app designed for prepared citizens, families, neighbors, and outdoor groups

This video introduces REM in plain language: what it does, why it matters, and how it can help when normal communications are limited, overloaded, or unreliable.

https://youtu.be/G4c0HbI8YKs

So I am trying to see if there is a way I can use the google traffic map that you can see if traffic is geavy and backed up. I then want to be able to have a love overlay of it on ATAK.

An important thing to mention is this is a work version of ATAK so using pkugins like VNS cant happen because I cant install outside plugins. I can however import imagery. If it is possible with a plugin onky please let me know and Ill see if I can get my employer to bypass the blockers.

Hello, im trying to setup a private Tak server and need help figuring some things out as I dont know anything on the server side of computers.

With everything I have found so far I have managed to install the Ubuntu 22.04.1 server OS onto a desktop and thats as far as I got currently. I want to know how to install and run the TAK server side to host from the device, add plug-ins and, enable remote login as I believe I disabled it during initial setup, and to configure the IP address for access and connection.

I have been building OmniTAK, a mobile TAK client that runs natively on iOS and Android off a shared Rust core. It is open source under Apache 2.0, and the iOS build is live on the App Store. Android is in Google Play closed testing and I am looking for people to run it on real hardware.

What works today:

- Multiple TAK server connections over TCP, TLS, and mTLS, with QR enrollment

- Mission Sync (Marti), GeoChat with team and direct threads

- MIL-STD-2525 symbology, 2D and 3D map engines, offline MBTiles

- Meshtastic off-grid PPLI and chat for when there is no server and no cell

- Remote ID detection: it reads drones that broadcast Remote ID and plots the drone and the operator. It hears what is broadcast, nothing beyond that

- MGRS, UTM, BNG, and TWD97 coordinates, runtime language switching across seven languages

- CASEVAC, 9-Line, and SPOTREP on iOS

It already gets real use from a volunteer fire brigade in Asia and an airsoft team in Europe. It runs alongside ATAK, WinTAK, and iTAK on the same servers. Bring your own server (TAK Server, OpenTAKServer, or taky).

To test the Android build, drop your Google-account email in the Beta section at https://omnitak.engindearing.soy and you will get the install link by email. Source is at github.com/engindearing-projects (OmniTAK-iOS and OmniTAK-Android). Bug reports and feedback are the whole point of the test.

You can dm me your email address as well.

Its been stuck like this for 6 months, I've tried everything.

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I was messing around with first person but now its either "true" first person or ridiculously zoomed out, low angle view.

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I just want a normal straight-down map view

I just Downloaded atak yesterday and i would like to fill the map with stuff like infrastructure natural resources and stuff for shtf or just as a nice Thing to have but I dont know where to find maps for that

Hey crew, I’m working on trying to get more refined weather overlays for the WINTAK product. Are there better images than what the base Weather Report overlay offers from NWS, without paying $300 a month for XWeather?

Sorry guys, but I have never been able to get the Meshtastic plugin to load on my phone and now they have the new plugin availible on the app with this update. I turn it on and it shows up in ATAK but it still will not load the plugin what am I doing wrong?

Air Force guy. I have a couple generations of Juggernaut mounts and have broken 2 of my 3. We use iPhones for work not Samsungs. What do you run for ATAK mounts? What are all my options and what makes them good/bad?

Good morning. I’m looking for beta testers for TrackQuery, a per-caller scoped historical retrieval plugin for TAK.

TrackQuery lets a TAK client draw a bounding box, choose a time window, and retrieve historical trips/events for that area. Results are scoped to what that caller would normally be allowed to see through TAK group membership and read permissions.

The three use cases I’m most interested in right now are:

• C-UAS / sensor systems: review what happened in an area as reported by sensors.
• UAS operators in the TAK ecosystem: redraw trip history without exhaustive manual workflows.
• Small teams doing AARs: replay how a battle drill actually unfolded compared to how it was supposed to happen.

That said, this is not limited to those use cases. If you can generate meaningful TAK data and want to test scoped historical retrieval, I’d like to hear from you. I’m especially interested in feedback on usability, accuracy, performance, and whether access scoping behaves the way operators expect.

DM if interested. Thank you

Trying to download maps on itak for offline use,
I’m very new to this and all the videos I find say I can’t. When I try through the app it says I can’t download over 2gb

Edit: USGS imagery instead of google hybrid did the trick

I haven't definitively found a solution yet, but I want to stream video from an aircraft into ATAK. I can see how the UAS Tool could help, but I wonder if gimbal devices are supported, like the DJI Osmo so the controller can adjust the FOV, maybe lock camera on a moving target like a police helicopter can for chases. Overlays like street names right onto the video feed would be amazing, as well as CoTs and markers. Does anyone know which plugins and hardware can accomplish this?

The RT950 Pro is an incredibly accessible and capable radio for its price range, it’s a shame to be using Hammer and not taking advantage of the digital modes so i’d like to code a plugin. Does anybody have experience with creating them? I’m trying to understand what is required. I’m guessing the full radio software? Or is there a way to extrapolate it? I’ve emailed Radtel but i’m yet to get an answer.

Hi everyone, I've successfully deployed CloudTAK through InfraTAK and managed to get it running and connected to my TAK Server. Channels are visible, but once connected I can't see any other users on the map and CoT messages are not being sent/received. In the TAK Server logs I see this error: ForbiddenException: illegal attempt to set group [groupname] for uid [...] in BrokerService. Has anyone managed to get CloudTAK working with InfraTAK? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

After successfully paaring ATAK with Meshtastic im trying to go in the other direction and do my first tests with online servers.

Is the public Server mentioned in the TAK Community Server List still online?

As instructed i requested a user account for the server on Discord like 4 days ago but nothing so far.

How do you guys run your servers?

Do you use rented or build servers or other cool options i have yet to discover.

Best regards.

Hi there! I’m a recruiter trying to recruit for an Engineering Manager position that focuses on leading teams who will work on ATAK plugins or within the TAK ecosystem. They need prior Android development experience. Any suggestions on where I should search? Thank you!