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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Call it a gut feeling. TacTrace now supports oddly shaped arrows. tactrace.orbat-mapper.app

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

TacTrace now supports terrain. The pin placement mode is experimental. Try it out at tactrace.orbat-mapper.app

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New hobby. Recreating illustrations from FM 3-90 Tactics in TacTrace tactrace.orbat-mapper.app

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Nice! The ORBAT builder is quite useful. Building ORBATs with point and click is tedious.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I love the WWII-era cartography style.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Thank you for sharing! It is fascinating how much information is available about the war from different perspectives. So many stories.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I found your platoon 🫡 I have a copy of Mark Adkin's "Goose Green. A Battle is Fought to be Won". Excellent book. I enjoy recreating the maps.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A few things still missing: - Text amplifiers for unit symbols - Import and export functionality

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Thanks! Fun project to work on. Nice to work on something new and fresh.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’m building a lightweight tool for drawing tactical graphics. An early preview is live at tactrace.orbat-mapper.app if you want to test it out. Feedback and bug reports are welcome!

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

First time I have used mostly AI to implement a new feature in ORBAT Mapper. It is fun, but it still feels like cheating.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I've had some fun recently putting together a basic text to ORBAT tool. Try it out at orbat-mapper.app/text-to-orbat/

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I recently had some fun experimenting with animations in MapLibre You can try a live demo at orbat-mapper.github.io/experiment-m... and experiment with the code at github.com/orbat-mapper...

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Maplibre animation testing. Decent performance with 400 features.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Experimenting with www.lottielab.com

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Cry "Havoc!", and let slip the dogs of war. Custom unit icons research phase is now over. I now have enough information to implement this as a feature.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Upcoming feature. Render unit labels below the unit symbol instead of as part of the symbol. A nice side effect is automatic label de-cluttering.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

New feature added to the KML/KMZ exporter: export selected units only

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

ORBAT Mapper's KML/KMZ exporter now has an option for rendering symbol text modifiers. A niche feature, but useful when you need it.

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Säbelzahnmöwe @sabelzahnmowe.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Für mein Exocet im Falklandkrieg Video habe ich das erste Mal @orbatmapper.bsky.social benutzt. Wenn auch in bescheidenem Maße. Das hat mich sehr gefreut, weil ich vor Jahren wegen einer Falkland Karte auf Orbat Mappet aufmerksam geworden bin 😃

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Probably the closest symbol in MILSTD 2525/APP-6 😀. There is a horse there somewhere, but the pack animal symbol is better, even if it has two humps

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Someone should create and post the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade ORBAT. #ORBATBoys I'm curious which unit symbol you would use for the 265th (Camel) Machine Gun Squadron.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

@baguettetraductor.bsky.social I see from earlier posts that you have already tried battle staff tools. I may have misunderstood your question. You can try to set last level layout to "Stacked" as shown in the screen shot.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I recommend trying spatialillusions.com/unitgenerator/ for this. You can export your ORBAT from ORBAT Mapper and use it in Battle Staff Tools docs.orbat-mapper.app/guide/export...

spatialillusions.com

Battle Staff Tools - www.spatialillusions.com

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Nice ORBAT! Thank you for sharing. It is unfortunately not possible to arrange symbols in a top-bottom arrangement yet. I will probably add this in the future, but I'm currently working on other parts of the application.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I broke navigation on mobile unfortunately . Should be fixed now.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I recently upgraded ORBAT Mapper to use Tailwind 4. Let me know if I broke something.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Some users have reported issues with KMZ export after this change. I've temporarily reverted the changes until I have time to do some debugging.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The file system access API can be quite useful when working with local files. I highly recommend the browser-fs-access package github.com/GoogleChrome... if you want to try it out in your projects.

github.com

GitHub - GoogleChromeLabs/browser-fs-access: File System Access API with legacy fallback in the browser

File System Access API with legacy fallback in the browser - GoogleChromeLabs/browser-fs-access

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The file system access API allows you to load from and save directly to files on you local file system. Currently only supported by Chrome and Edge. I've only implemented the save to file part. I need to experiment more with the API before I'll add more features from it.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I've taken a short break from ORBAT Mapper to work on other projects. I'm still focusing on the other projects, but I've started to add features to ORBAT Mapper based on what I've learned github.com/orbat-mapper...

github.com

feat: implement file system access API for file export in supported b… · orbat-mapper/orbat-mapper@4783aec

…rowsers Closes #261

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Whats up with the armypubs web site? I've almost never been able to download any publication from there.

armypubs.army.mil

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

This is my favorite kind of article 😍 Thank you for mentioning my tool in the references section.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Got tired of searching for units in the ORBAT panel, so I added a button and a keyboard shortcut "l" to jump straight to the active unit. #dogfooding

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

New panel for selecting units by symbol icon is now available for testing. Expect bugs.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

More unit selection experiments. This time based on the 2525/APP6 symbol identification code.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Oops. I forgot to test it on mobile. Sorry about that. Should work now. Touch events are only fired when you tap the screen , so I had to make a few changes.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Issue #53 finally closed: Add circle option to measurement tool

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I spend too much time worrying about range rings and map projection distortions.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Partial scenario import of supplies, equipment and personnel should now work 🤞

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Flame graphs are awesome for debugging frontend performance problems. They show where in the code your program spends most time.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Supplies will have a similar user interface, but the underlying data model is more complicated.

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ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Time varying equipment and personnel is now available for testing. I'm not convinced the current user interface is the best, but it is a start. I appreciate any feedback on how to improve it.

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