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Field manual · 01/12

Getting Started

Tactical GPS is a single full-screen map. There are no buried menus: everything hangs off three surfaces — the control column on the right edge of the map, the tab bar at the bottom, and the floating tool dock that appears while terrain tools are active.

map controls

The column of buttons on the map edge, top to bottom:

Map Type

Switch between map types — street, satellite, topographic, trail and specialty layers.

Grid Toggle

Show or hide the MGRS coordinate grid overlay on the map.

Center on Location

Center the map on your current position and follow your movement.

Compass Mode

Lock map rotation and display a compass.

Recording Indicator

Blinks red while GPS tracking is active. Tap it to view the current tracking session.

Layer Pill PRO

The layer name at the bottom of the map shows the active layer. Tap it to switch between layers or manage them.

tab bar

Position

Detailed information about your current location: coordinates in every format, altitude, speed and weather.

Add

Create new items — pins, direction routes, polylines, polygons, circles or rectangles — drawn directly on the map.

Items

Browse and manage all saved pins and overlays. Search, add via form, edit via form, delete.

Search

Find locations by address or by coordinates and jump straight to them.

Tracker

Start and stop GPS tracking sessions. Review elevation profiles, speed data and session history.

Settings

Customize units, coordinate formats, map appearance and app behavior.

map interactions

Scroll the map

Moving the map places a crosshair at its center — the app continuously shows distance and bearing from your position to it. Terrain tools also run from the crosshair.

Tap a pin

Opens pin details: navigate to it, get directions, check the weather forecast there, or edit the pin.

Tap an overlay

Shows its measurements — length, area or radius — and editing options.

Tactical GPS main map with MGRS grid overlay and control column
The map screen

field tips

Tap the coordinate display at the top of the map to cycle the coordinate format.
Use the Items screen to add pins and overlays precisely via a form instead of drawing.
Use Navigate on a route for waypoint-by-waypoint navigation.
Map tiles are cached automatically as you scroll and zoom, so areas you've viewed stay available offline.

free vs pro

The download is free and includes core MGRS/UTM navigation. Pro unlocks the full toolkit — unlimited saved items, layers, offline map regions, full terrain analysis, directions and data import/export. Features that need Pro are marked PRO throughout this manual.