Map Depot downloads map data from inside ATAK — elevation, streaming base maps,
offline public lands, ranger district maps, and now the maps a going fire is
actually working from.
Download
Pick the build matching your ATAK-CIV version, sideload it, then load it in
ATAK's Plugins manager. A plugin built for one ATAK release will not load on
another.
| ATAK-CIV | File |
|---|---|
| 5.6 | ATAK-Plugin-MapDepot-1.4--5.6.0-civ-release.apk |
| 5.7 | ATAK-Plugin-MapDepot-1.4--5.7.0-civ-release.apk |
| 5.8 | ATAK-Plugin-MapDepot-1.4--5.8.0-civ-release.apk |
New since 0.6
Incident maps. Two public archives the incident community publishes to,
browsed by geographic area and fire:
- Incident Maps (NIFC) — the operational products a fire's GIS shop posts:
ops, division, air operations, transport, briefing and IR. - Drone IR Maps (UASWFC) — infrared flown by uncrewed aircraft.
Both are read live, because what they hold changes through the day. No account
and no configuration.
Names you can read on a phone. The archives name files for a desktop file
browser. Map Depot renames them, keyed to the operational period the map is for
rather than the moment it came off the plotter, and shows the original
underneath so a map named over the radio can still be found.
ops_arch_e_port_20260828_0115_RoweCreekComplex_ORPRD000491_0828day.pdf
→ OR-PRD-ROWE-CREEK-COMPLEX-MAP-OPS-082826.pdf
Pin the fire you are working. Any folder pins to the top of the list in
cyan, one tap away instead of four. Pins survive a restart and an update.
Work the map without leaving the plugin. Installed maps carry Show and Hide
beside Remove, an Outlines toggle shows what covers the ground in front of you,
and a filter cycles All → Installed → Available so the list doubles as an
inventory of the device.
A user manual you can open. 40 illustrated pages, in ATAK under
Settings → Tool Preferences → Map Depot → Plugin Documentation. It now
updates with the plugin instead of staying at whatever version you first opened.
Also fixed
- The app icon is visible in Android's file browser and app list.
- Removing a map checks the file is really inside the map folder before deleting.
- Downloads resume rather than restart, and report a reachable error when the
network is the problem.
Ports
Outbound TCP 443 (HTTPS) only. No listening ports, no inbound connections, no
TAK server involvement.