May 9, 2022 - v1.1.8

Learn about the latest enhancements and fixes in Tactical Analyst Web.

May 9, 2022 Release

What’s New?

1. Updates to the user interface

   1. We have made improvements to the user interface to help improve usability and size of the map canvas by shrinking the width of panels, making the incident card hide and show, making the navigation bars stand out, and more.

2. Incident boards

   1. With the introduction of incident boards, users can now augment the map and collaborate between different groups within and outside the agency.

3. Incident mapping grid

   1. The incident mapping grid now displays all mapping features for a selected incident and board in a table view. This allows you to work with other tools for an incident but still have access to drawing, editing, and other mapping capabilities.

4. New workflows for creating incident mapping features

   1. With the addition of the incident mapping grid, we have improved and added in a new way to add map features that is much more simple and streamlined. You can now draw and upload features from the incident mapping grid. The updates allow you to draw as many features as you’d like in one edit session while also editing any details inline.

5. New workflow for uploading geometries using the incident mapping grid

   1. We have moved the uploading of geometries to the incident mapping grid. The features included in the upload will now display in the incident mapping grid making it easier and quicker to batch select and change symbology or details, as well as remove features you don't want to include in the upload.

6. Incident mapping favorites

   1. We have introduced the ability to favorite up to 5 different mapping features that you use regularly. When drawing, this will allow you to quickly select those favorites streamlining the mapping process.

7. Create and edit incidents in TA

   1. You can now create and edit incidents inside Tactical Analyst. Please note that these incidents do not sync with your CAD and are strictly inside TA.

8. Export incident mapping features to GDB

   1. Features created in TA can now be exported as an ESRI Geodatabase with all of the NIFS standard fields. Please note we are still in the process of updating TA to include all of the NIFS dataset fields. Even though they are included in the export, not all of the fields are available to edit inside TA yet.

9. Rotate mobile photos to the correct orientation

   1. You can now fix the orientation issue where some mobile photos would not rotate correctly. Inside the TA web you can rotate the photo to the correct orientation and it will now display correctly for all users.

10. Hide and show the incident card

    1. To improve the amount of map canvas that is visible while working with an incident, we have added the ability to hide/show the incident card.

11. Enhancements to bookmarks

    1. Change symbology - You can change the symbology of the bookmark’s map pin to a variety a preset simple icons.

    2. Add comments - Comments can now be added to bookmarks.

    3. Share bookmarks - Your local bookmarks can be shared with other TA users.

    4. Create bookmarks from coordinates tool or search results. - You can now quickly create a new bookmark from searched coordinates with the coordinates tool or the main app search bar.

12. Temporal layers control

    1. Layers that are temporal can now be turned on and animated with the Temporal Layer control found under map tools.

What’s Fixed?

1. Advanced print map was not generating documents

2. Coordinates not searching properly in Main App Search Bar

3. Removed auto-zooming behaviors

4. Label features were not legible on the map

5. Area filters would remove all incidents from the map

6. Archiving files did not work

Known Bugs/Issues

1. Export as KML (All) current doesn’t work.

2. Advanced Print Map

   1. Basic symbology lines with arrows do not render correctly

   2. Icons that have rotation applied do not render with the rotation.

   3. Map type (IAP, Ops, Briefing) is not currently filtering what features should appear on the map correctly.

3. Drawing a Fire Edge

   1. The direction of Fire Edge symbology changes depending on the direction the line is drawn. Drawing a line left to right makes the ticks face down/inward and drawing the line right to left makes the ticks face up/outward. We are looking at adding a flip functionality to solve this.

4. Uploading Zipped Shapefiles with Very High Vertex Count

   1. GIS user should simplify using generalization tools of ~10 feet as needed.

   2. IRINs should avoid using GIS streaming when digitizing.

5. The Impact Tool & FMAG Tool cannot be used simultaneously.

   1. Close the Impact Tool if needing to perform an FMAG analysis.

6. Add Layer from File on TOC does not save to user quickmap when save button is clicked.

Coming Soon

1. Permissions for editing, sharing and reviewing content

2. Full NIFS data set for incident mapping features

3. 2022 NWCG symbology updates

4. Switching an incident from initial attack to extended attack

5. Incident mapping review and approval process

6. User groups

7. Other integrations