Version History
Here you can find the changelog of iTAK since it was posted on our website on 2022-04-13.
The latest version is 2.9.0 and it was updated on soft112.com on 26 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 2.9.0
posted on 2024-04-24
Apr 24, 2024
Version 2.9.0
----New Features----
Files Tool
Files loaded are now centralized into the files tool, rather than being maintained by each tool individually
Files can be loaded from device memory or downloaded from a remote link
Users can view properties of loaded files such as the size and creation date
Files are sorted into appropriate subfolders based on their file extension.
Marker Palettes / Icon Sets
User can load an icon set that has a valid iconset.xml
Note: Marker Palettes without an iconset.xml are not supported at this time
Markers can be updated to use icons from a loaded icon set.
Included is FEMA, Default, Falconview, Incident Management, Numbers, OSM, Public Safety Air, Responder, and GeoOps iconsets.
Point Dropper
Adds Point Dropper tool to successively drop markers.
Merged Spotted Map tool into Point Dropper tool.
----Resolved Issues----
Fixed an issue where multiple bloodhound lines could be generated if the first was not correctly terminated.
Fixed toolbar items not respecting specified order.
Fixed overlays flickering when interacting with the map using the satellite or hybrid map sources.
Fixed overlays not being able to be downloaded from URLs that do not contain a file extensions.
Fixed not be able to set the color before drawing a shape.
Fixed geofence notification not respecting the updated shape name.
Fixed marker with attachments, overlays, and files failing to share over the mesh network.
Fixed private chats appearing a general with all the messages showing as sent from the current user when the recipient Contact stales out.
Fixed overlays appearing below a custom map source like Google Hybrid.
Fixed an issue where it was not possible to select contacts to add to a group chat.
Fixed marker icons not being a uniform size.
Fixed an issue where a videos url was incomplete when downloaded from a server.
Fixed an issue where certain settings were not being saved.
Fixed video playback not recovering after a connection is lost and regained.
----Improved Features----
TAK Server Configuration
Updated the UI to follow modern iOS design system.
Updated the UI to better show that status of the connection.
Configurations add can now be edited.
Go To
Search history is saved for addresses.
Updated UI to be in line with navigation.
Adds the options to drop an unknown ground marker at the selected location.
Navigation
Search history is saved for addresses.
version 2.8.1
posted on 2023-12-19
Dec 19, 2023
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.
version 2.8
posted on 2023-11-20
Nov 20, 2023
Version 2.8
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.
version 2.7.1
posted on 2023-09-26
Sep 26, 2023
Version 2.7.1
- bug fixes
- fixes issue causing map objects to be out of sync between iPhone and paired Apple Watch
- fixes issue causing top drawer to block widget view
- fixes issue causing search coordinate input bar to be hidden in navigation
- fixes issue causing widget buttons to be misaligned when top drawer is closed
version 2.7
posted on 2023-06-16
Jun 16, 2023
Version 2.7
Markers
Updates UI, X Close button is removed and closes with down swipe.
Adds Directions Button for Navigation
UDP Multicast
Adds support for Peer-to-Peer communication between individual Callsigns
Adds support for Chat and Packages
Bug Fix to remove UDP Channels from Server lists, additional fixes
TAK Server Channels
Adds functionality to allow iTAK Users set up on LDAP Servers to select specific channels for data feed
List existing channels for non-LDAP Servers
Indoor mapping
Import IMDF files
3D scan a room with LIDAR and georeferenced on the map
Bloodhound
Add functionality to allow users to bloodhound to map objects
Adds functionality to blood hound using Apple Watch
Apple Watch
Adds functionality to Apple Watch for iTAK users
Navigation
Dynamic routing with Turn by Turn directions
- Bug fixes to improve stability
- Bug fix for navigation to markers
- Bug updates to navigation feature
- Bug updates to indoor mapping feature
- Bug fix to emergency beacon
version 2.5
posted on 2023-03-03
Mar 3, 2023
Version 2.5
New Architecture Structure with SDK for plugin development
LRF
- adds auto share toggle to share LRF measurements automatically with all users on connected server
- fixes bug causing magnetic deviation adjustments to not register with measurements
- updates ui
Custom Routing
- reworks custom route navigation ui to display both eta to destination and eta to next checkpoint
- improves eta calculation accuracy
- fixes crashing bug when converting double eta value to int value
ArcGIS
- fixes crashing bug when polygon collection is empty
MDM
- adds functionlity to allow iTAK to be preconfigured with a TAK server when installing using a supported MDM provider
- MDM administrator can also add, remove, update, and replace server configurations
UDP
- adds support for UDP communication (Multicast) for SA only
-general core data threading bug fixes and improvements
-bug fixes from migration to new architecture
version 2.1.1
posted on 2022-07-11
Jul 11, 2022 Version 2.1.1
Fixes incorrect app name.
version -
posted on 2022-05-21