u/BearJuden_

Hey r/ATAK

A few weeks ago I posted about a a tool I created named EasyMaps, and have received useful insight from users on this thread.

For those that have built out large overlays or routes on TAK, you know it's a pain to manually build them.

This tool takes natural language prompts and creates "layers" with routes, points, and shapes. They are further customizable via more text prompts, and can easily be exported via KML network link, KMZ, or CSV. This route easily ran on ATAK via Network Link. There is a product demo on the launch page of the website.

Based off of user input, I added a feature that creates a "Route Coordination Card" whenever it detects you're asking for a hiking route. This adds safety, timing, search and rescue, parking, and other coordinating instructions to the layer automatically.

Cheers and hopefully this tool continues to improve the sometimes monotonous and time consuming parts of ATAK overlay creation.

Check it out at https://easy-kml.pplx.app/#/login

I built a tool that turns an English text prompt
Into KML files. These files can be imported into any other mapping engine that can read KML. It can also live stream KML network links.

“National parks in Utah”
“Hospitals in Boston”
“Michelin Star Restaurants in Manhattan”

Once a layer is created, further refinements can be made via a chat editor. “Annotate which hospitals are a level 1 trauma center, and which ones have a life flight capability”

You can edit the layer in the tool, then export via KML or CSV.

I’m looking for feedback on how it works. Thank you!

https://easy-kml.pplx.app

Hey r/google earth

I built a tool that turns an English text prompt
Into KML files. These files can be imported into google earth, or any other mapping engine that can read KML.

“National parks in Utah”
“Hospitals in Boston”
“Michelin Star Restaurants in Manhattan”

Once a layer is created, further refinements can be made via a chat editor. “Annotate which hospitals are a level 1 trauma center, and which ones have a life flight capability”

You can edit the layer in the tool, then export via KML or CSV to google earth.

I’m looking for feedback on how it works. Thank you!

https://easy-kml.pplx.app

Cheers!

Hey r/ATAK

Im new to the GIS community, but have used TAK series of products in the military and public safety sectors. I identified a gap in KML overlay creation based off a ton of time consuming and sometimes monotonous manual inputs. I created a tool to address this by leveraging AI to turn chat prompts into maps with points, polygons, and routes. These maps can be live streamed via KML or exported via KMZ to any engine that consumes those formats.

I'm looking for feedback, and interested to see what works, what doesn't, and what applications people use this for.

There’s also a product demo on the login page for building an overlay and exporting it to TAK.

Cheers!

https://easy-kml.pplx.app/#/

Hey r/gis —

Im new to the GIS community, but have used TAK series of products in the military and public safety sectors. I identified a gap in KML overlay creation based off a ton of time consuming and sometimes monotonous manual inputs. I created a tool to address this by leveraging AI to turn chat prompts into maps with points, polygons, and routes. These maps can be live streamed via KML or exported via KMZ to any engine that consumes those formats.

I'm looking for feedback, and interested to see what works, what doesn't, and what applications people use this for.

Cheers!

Hey r/QGIS —

I've been building a side project called Easy Maps for the last few months and I'd love your feedback before I keep pushing it further.

What it does: you type a natural-language prompt like "all Level 1 trauma centers within 10 miles of Boston Common, with address and phone number" and it produces a KML layer with correctly geocoded points, categorized icons, and clean metadata. From there you can:

• Export as KML or KMZ — with a NetworkLink URL that auto-refreshes in Google Earth, TAK, WinTAK, CalTopo, ATAK, or anything that consumes KML
• Import/export via CSV — round-trip existing data, auto-detect columns, and let the tool geocode any address-only rows for you (Google-primary, Nominatim fallback)
• Edit in chat — "add trauma level as a column", "remove anything more than 15 min from the Common", "make hospitals red and clinics blue"
• Per-shape colors on polygons, so a single layer can have color-coded sub-regions
• Share layers publicly with a stable URL, or keep them private

Why I built it: I do work where geospatial context matters, and every existing workflow — QGIS, Google My Maps, hand-edited KML — is either overkill for a quick answer or missing a critical export. I wanted something to minimize manual inputs for map overlay creation.

Try it: easy-kml.pplx.app — click Continue as guest or create a free account. Guests get 3 saved layers; a free account gets unlimited.

What I'd love feedback on:

• What's your default workflow today, and where does this fit (or not fit) in?
• What data sources / prompt types do you wish it handled better?
• Any deal-breakers stopping you from using this in real work?

Cheers!

Hey r/QGIS —

I've been building a side project called Easy Maps for the last few months and I'd love your feedback before I keep pushing it further.

What it does: you type a natural-language prompt like "all Level 1 trauma centers within 10 miles of Boston Common, with address and phone number" and it produces a KML layer with correctly geocoded points, categorized icons, and clean metadata. From there you can:

• Export as KML or KMZ — with a NetworkLink URL that auto-refreshes in Google Earth, TAK, WinTAK, CalTopo, ATAK, or anything that consumes KML
• Import/export via CSV — round-trip existing data, auto-detect columns, and let the tool geocode any address-only rows for you (Google-primary, Nominatim fallback)
• Edit in chat — "add trauma level as a column", "remove anything more than 15 min from the Common", "make hospitals red and clinics blue"
• Per-shape colors on polygons, so a single layer can have color-coded sub-regions
• Share layers publicly with a stable URL, or keep them private

Why I built it: I do work where geospatial context matters, and every existing workflow — QGIS, Google My Maps, hand-edited KML — is either overkill for a quick answer or missing a critical export. I wanted something to minimize manual inputs for map overlay creation.

Try it: easy-kml.pplx.app — click Continue as guest or create a free account. Guests get 3 saved layers; a free account gets unlimited.

What I'd love feedback on:

• What's your default workflow today, and where does this fit (or not fit) in?
• What data sources / prompt types do you wish it handled better?
• Any deal-breakers stopping you from using this in real work?

Cheers!

Hey r/ATAK —

I've been building a side project called Easy Maps for the last few months and I'd love your feedback before I keep pushing it further.

What it does: you type a natural-language prompt like "all Level 1 trauma centers within 10 miles of Boston Common, with address and phone number" and it produces a KML layer with correctly geocoded points, categorized icons, and clean metadata. From there you can:

• Export as KML or KMZ — with a NetworkLink URL that auto-refreshes in Google Earth, TAK, WinTAK, CalTopo, ATAK, or anything that consumes KML
• Import/export via CSV — round-trip existing data, auto-detect columns, and let the tool geocode any address-only rows for you (Google-primary, Nominatim fallback)
• Edit in chat — "add trauma level as a column", "remove anything more than 15 min from the Common", "make hospitals red and clinics blue"
• Per-shape colors on polygons, so a single layer can have color-coded sub-regions
• Share layers publicly with a stable URL, or keep them private

Why I built it: I do work where geospatial context matters, and every existing workflow — QGIS, Google My Maps, hand-edited KML — is either overkill for a quick answer or missing a critical export. I wanted something to minimize manual inputs for map overlay creation.

Try it: easy-kml.pplx.app — click Continue as guest or create a free account. Guests get 3 saved layers; a free account gets unlimited.

What I'd love feedback on:

• What's your default workflow today, and where does this fit (or not fit) in?
• What data sources / prompt types do you wish it handled better?
• Any deal-breakers stopping you from using this in real work?

Cheers!