markers

group	custos
name	markers
description	Place, find, and delete map markers
script_paths	["custos.markers/place_marker.lua","custos.markers/find_items.lua","custos.markers/delete_markers.lua","custos.tactical_picture/get_self_position.lua","custos.helpers/calc_destination.lua"]
tags	["markers","map","navigation","position"]
examples	["place a marker at 38.9 -77.0","drop a hostile marker","place a hostile marker 100m north of me","mark a waypoint 500m at bearing 270 from that contact","find all friendly markers","delete the marker called Alpha","mark this position"]

Markers

Tools for placing, finding, deleting, and querying markers and map items on the ATAK map. Use place_marker to create new markers, find_items to search for existing map items by callsign, delete_markers to remove markers by name or within a geographic area, and get_self_position to get the operator's current location.

When the operator asks for a marker relative to a known point (e.g. "100m north of me", "500m at bearing 270 from Bravo"), call get_self_position (or resolve the reference item) first, then calc_destination to project the new lat/lon, then place_marker. Do not compute the offset yourself — arithmetic on coordinates drifts on small on-device models.