MIL-STD-2525 Military Symbols and Symbol Editor

Military symbols are the language of the tactical map. Browse the full MSS^® catalogue from infantry and armor to logistics and command, drop the symbol you need straight onto the map, and tune affiliation, modifiers, and unit identifiers in the symbol editor. Everything renders to the MIL-STD-2525 standard your audience already knows how to read.

• Military map symbols explained: frame, echelon and icon

  How to read military map symbols: the frame shows friend or foe, the marks above it the unit size, the icon the unit type. MIL-STD-2525C, with examples.

• Symbol gallery: browse MIL-STD-2525 tactical symbols

  Browse and place MIL-STD-2525 tactical symbols — units, equipment, tactical graphics and more — from the map.army Symbol Gallery.

• Generic Graphics: Draw Pins, Lines, Areas and Shapes

  Draw free-form pins, lines, areas, texts, rectangles, ellipses and circles in map.army, and style them with the Free-Format Options of the Symbol Editor.

• Symbol Editor — Edit MIL-STD-2525 Attributes in map.army

  How to open the Symbol Editor in map.army and set MIL-STD-2525 modifiers, unit designators, strength, and other attributes on placed symbols.

• Edit Multi-Point Tactical Graphics in map.army

  Reposition, add and remove the points of multi-point tactical graphics directly on the map.army map — lines, areas, corridors and phase lines.

• The Point List — edit coordinates, direction and SDZ

  Use the map.army Point List to read and edit a symbol's coordinates as text, set its direction, and reach the surface-danger-zone controls.

• Work Modes: International and Extended Symbol Sets

  What the map.army Work Mode changes: the gallery of International and Extended, Swiss and civil symbols, and files, exports and switching.