Use Case · Agriculture & Ranching

Run the whole property on one map

Track livestock, coordinate repairs, and stay in voice and text contact across ranches and farms that run past the edge of cellular coverage. TAK server, mesh networking, a field server, and an optional Starlink uplink — connected when it matters most.

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The problem

A ranch is bigger than a cell tower’s reach

On a working ranch or a large farm, the herd is spread across pastures, a fence is down somewhere you cannot see, and half the crew is out of cell range. Radios do not show you where anything is, and paper notes do not reach the person driving the other direction. MAGK gives every operator the same live map and keeps them talking, with no dependency on a carrier network.

What you can do

Four jobs, one platform

Livestock

See and manage the herd on one map

Drop a livestock marker anywhere on the property from any TAK client — ATAK, iTAK, or WinTAK. Each animal or herd carries an identifier, a category, and the time it was last seen, so a marker from this morning reads differently than one from last week.

Mark cattle, sheep, a bull, or a whole herd at an observed position
Every marker shows how long ago it was last seen
Group animals by herd, pasture, or owner and filter the map to one group
Update a position as the herd moves and it syncs to every client

Repairs

Turn a broken fence into a tracked work item

A downed fence, a dead pump, or a stuck gate becomes a located task on the shared map. Give it a status, assign it to a named hand, and attach a photo of the fault so whoever picks it up knows the scope before they drive out.

Place a repair task at the exact spot it is needed
Track status from open through in-progress to complete
Assign the task to a specific operator for accountability
Attach a photo so the fault speaks for itself

Communications

Text and voice where there is no cell signal

The whole point of a large property is that it runs past the edge of cellular coverage. MAGK carries text and voice between operators over the MAGK Net mesh, with no carrier network involved, so the crew stays in contact across the back forty.

Message the crew with no cellular service present
Talk by voice over the mesh, hands free of the keyboard
Work recorded in a coverage gap queues and sends when the link returns
Traffic each crew sees is scoped to their own group

Field server & uplink

Runs on the property, reaches beyond it

A field server on the property hosts the TAK server locally, so the common operating picture keeps working with no internet at all. Add a satellite uplink such as Starlink and an off-property manager sees the same picture — and if that link drops, the property never notices.

Full shared map and updates with no uplink present
Clients associate to the field server over MAGK Net
An optional Starlink-class uplink relays to off-property managers
Losing the uplink does not interrupt anyone in the field

How it connects

TAK, Net, and Devices working together

The shared picture, the connection that carries it, and the kit that runs it in the field.

MAGK TAK
The shared picture
TAK server and client. Livestock markers, repair tasks, and group-scoped visibility live here, spoken over standard Cursor on Target.
MAGK Net
The connection
Mesh radio that carries the map, text, and voice across the property where cellular coverage ends.
MAGK Devices
The field kit
Field server and end-user hardware. Hosts TAK on-property and links the crew into the mesh, with an optional satellite uplink.

Clients connect to the field server over MAGK Net. The field server hosts TAK on the property, so the crew keeps a live map with no internet. When a satellite uplink like Starlink is present, an off-property manager sees the same picture; when it drops, on-property work carries on uninterrupted.

Bring the map to your operation

Talk through the field server, mesh, and uplink that fit your property, or explore the product family.

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