DTED.org

DTED.org publishes terrain elevation releases for the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) ecosystem. Each active state endpoint provides enhanced regional terrain, a lower-resolution fallback, visible source and quality information, and setup and offline artifacts for TAK clients.

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Public information system

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Start here

1. Select a published state on the DTED.org coverage map.
2. Open that state page and scan its QR code to configure streaming.
3. In ATAK, use the built-in Elevation Tools. Simple DTED Streamer is optional.
4. For offline use, download and import the state's zipped DTED package.

The state page is authoritative for its endpoint, release quality, source licensing, current coverage, and other available sources for the same region.

ATAK client paths

ATAK can stream DTED with its built-in Elevation Tools. The optional Simple DTED Streamer plugin uses the same state endpoint.

Learn what is behind the map

• Why terrain matters describes operational uses and the decisions terrain data can support.
• Terrain science and data lineage explains DTED levels, SRTM, post spacing, accuracy, vertical references, and limitations.
• OV-1 operational view follows data from source acquisition through a published endpoint to a TAK user.
• Further reading collects primary USGS, NASA, NGA, and TAK references.

Machine-readable discovery

DTED.org publishes read-only discovery interfaces:

• /api/v1/products lists active TAK elevation products and their configuration artifacts.
• /api/v1/coverage lists active datasets and exact enhanced 1° DTED cells.
• /api/v1/regions/STATE/terrain-sources compares production sources and eligible public QA previews for one region.
• /api/v1/sources describes supported sources, common uses, users, and limitations.

DTED level describes sample spacing, not guaranteed horizontal or vertical accuracy. Confirm that a release and its source are suitable for the intended operational use.