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Weaponizing Open Source in my spare time.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

I’m looking for funding to be able to implement the latest versions of APP6 and 2525 in milsymbol. There are a lot of big projects using milsymbol, so hopefully someone might step up.
https://t.co/402dqfobyq

[ORBAT Mapper @orbatmapper]

MapLibre 6.15 now supports maps in any projection. That is actually quite exciting news.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

@jankool37 @orbatmapper There is a reason Battle Staff Tools is free online, that is to avoid things like that.
And it is easy to get a license if you need to run it disconnected. Send me a DM and I’ll send you an evaluation license.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

One step closer to dynamic lines and other graphics, and still without making it hard to handle lots of objects.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

No, I’m still not creating a library for full support of drawing tactical graphics, I’m just trying to make military PowerPoint’s look even better. After many, many years of thinking, I think I finally figured out how to do complex lines in a good way.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

@edwinsanchez @ZaesDev Have not tried it out, like I said my goal is not to create a tactical-graphics library, and not to follow how the standard says you should draw things.
My goal is beautiful PowerPoint’s and fluid interactions.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

@L10nMan I’ll see if I can add some Hello Kitty, and explosions are important to make it look cool for the generals.
Really like the addition to be able to set ranges on circles and sectors.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

Any other graphic you need for your PowerPoint?

[Måns @spatialillusion]

One step closer to dynamic lines and other graphics, and still without making it hard to handle lots of objects.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

@orbatmapper To solve that was the thing I had to think about for several years. 😆 Still not sure this is perfect, but I’ll try to integrate it into BST and figure out if I like it.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

What we are seeing in Paris might happen on a much larger scale in the future if large number of people gets pushed out of the job market by AI.
I hope that isn’t the case, but it is a scenario we must consider.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

No, I’m still not creating a library for full support of drawing tactical graphics, I’m just trying to make military PowerPoint’s look even better. After many, many years of thinking, I think I finally figured out how to do complex lines in a good way.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

In the next version you will be able to both export and import parts of larger orbats. ☺️

[Måns @spatialillusion]

One of the most wished for features, to be able to select and change properties on multiple features.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

@smarkg52 @orbatmapper @project4_4 There are too many systems still using 2525C and changing to something else would break interoperability. There are also more symbols than people can learn, so even if I implement them I think we should freeze updates and just stick with what we got.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

Support for @battle_order color palette will be included in the upcoming 2.11.1 release.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

Custom color picker implemented.
Maybe #ORBATboys wants me to add a @battle_order color palette…

[Måns @spatialillusion]

@ca_alf_castro Don’t know if you use milsymbol or battle staff tools.
Milsymbol has an option for a halo, and battle staff tools adds a soft light halo to aymbol for this reason.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

Like them symbols.

[Unit Observer @WarUnitObserver]

🇺🇦Ukrainian Groupings and Corps sectors - a basic guide

This thread is an introduction to 🇺🇦Ukrainian “Force Groupings” and Corps deployments as of late summer 2026.
We have noticed several misconceptions on the topic, shared by analysts and the “broader public” alike.
Our information is exclusively based on open sources and observation of publicly available data.

❗️Before we begin, a fundamental notion must be clear: at the moment, the corps headquarters and their organic brigades should be treated separately.

With a few exceptions, most corps do not have all their brigades in their assigned sector (and many brigades are subordinated to corps they do not organically belong to).

[Måns @spatialillusion]

@mikber11 Tänk nu att det går att köra i nästan vilket IT system som helst som har en webläsare. Ingen server eller nätverkskommunikation krävs, bara att IMPEXA typ fyra filer.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

PowerPoint mike drop. 🎤
My goal of making any Staff Officer able to make stunning images for their presentations has been reached.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

Things happened and I implemented a nice way to add good looking numbered points to the map. (With magic auto numbering.) Also created a new mapbundle with the nice presentation maps I made in the beginning of the weekend.
This looks so good! 🤩

[Måns @spatialillusion]

@edwinsanchez Already got too many projects, need to try to focus on finishing other things. My current code for this works, so no rush to improve it.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

Today is a no-coding day, and obviously I just realize how I could make my geocoding files load much faster and get rid of all limitations.

[Måns @spatialillusion]

Milsymbol was created because I was frustrated over ugly powerpoints, I think I have reach my goal of making better looking powerpoints now. ☺️

[Måns @spatialillusion]

Things happened and I implemented a nice way to add good looking numbered points to the map. (With magic auto numbering.) Also created a new mapbundle with the nice presentation maps I made in the beginning of the weekend.
This looks so good! 🤩

[Måns @spatialillusion]

Today is a no-coding day, and obviously I just realize how I could make my geocoding files load much faster and get rid of all limitations.