This from DJI :
DJI has just launched a public beta version of its new geofencing system in North America and Europe.
Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) will provide drone users with up-to-date guidance on locations where flight may be restricted by regulation or raise safety or security concerns. With this major upgrade to DJI's existing geofencing system, users will have access to live information about areas temporarily restricted from flight due to forest fires, major stadium events, VIP travel and other changing circumstances. The GEO system will also show restricted areas around locations like prisons, power plants and other sensitive areas where drone flight would raise non-aviation security concerns.
To accommodate the large variety of authorized applications, GEO will allow drone operators with verified DJI accounts to self-authorize and temporarily unlock flight in some locations. Certain areas where drone flight is not allowed, such as Washington D.C., will remain as unlockable no-fly zones. Unlocking requires a DJI account verified with a credit card, debit card or mobile phone number. DJI will neither collect nor store the information, and the service is free.
The verified account is required only if a user chooses to fly in a location that might raise aviation safety or security concerns.
Use of GEO requires a drone firmware update and installation of a beta version of the DJI Go app.
Android users can directly download the APK file at http://bit.ly/1PyIVIA. (http://bit.ly/1PyIVIA.) Users of iOS devices can request a download of the beta app by providing an email address to [email protected].
DJI expects to release a final version of GEO after completion of this short beta period.
The GEO public beta will work with both DJI's Phantom 3 and Inspire 1 drones, with specific versions available for download at http://www.dji.com/flysafe/geo-system. (http://www.dji.com/flysafe/geo-system.)Don't you sometimes long for the simpler times when you could just go out and fly. I suspect the early motorists said something similar about driving.
It would be interesting to see (not on their app, because I don't own one of these) a list, or map of these areas.
Goodbye DJI :)
This is where the closed-source controllers falter, and the open-source stuff like APM/PixHawk etc just grow and grow.
It's only for phantom 3 and inspires, so aimed at people that don't even know what a pixhawk or APM is!
This is a good thing I think, stop the general public retards!
If it can be easily disabled by having a DJI account, I don't see the point.
Oh, actually, I do see the point...
In order to "disable" this so called "safety feature" (to fly where the fek you want) you need to have a DJI Account, which you need anyway to upgrade the firmware. When you get this account, you put your serial number in, and your personal details, and a valid credit/debit card... and BOOM!!
Registration.
Your DJI is found in a heap somewhere and now they can find you and prosecute you...
none of this is for safety, it's for culpability, don't be fooled by the bureaucrats... they do NOT have YOUR best interests in mind.
Not to mention I won't be connecting to DJI very soon since I'm quite enjoying my V2 firmware on my Naza Lite :laugh:
Quote from: Steve W on January 01, 2016, 05:43:40 PM
Not to mention I won't be connecting to DJI very soon since I'm quite enjoying my V2 firmware on my Naza Lite :laugh:
does that really make a difference compared to the Naza Lite stock FW?
the last few multirotors I built, I abandoned... either at the tuning stages or once complete... I've built quads for ages (we've spoken about this) from the early days of the KK 5.5e boards lol... I'm not a great pilot and for me the best experience I've had with quads is when I had my Phantom 1.1.1 with NazaM V2 in it... for getting GoPro footage you really need a quad that will stick in place and let you move the gimbal around, and sorry but a naze32 just don't cut it for me.
NazaV2s are expensive to buy still, but if the V2 on lite FW hack really does work, I'd be willing to build another gimbal quad.
Yea it does - my quad is much nicer to fly. For one it actually holds its altitude when moving at speed in atti mode whereas with lite it was all over the place. It also much improved the yaw performance in GPS hold mode so that it actually stays in one place now while turning.
Both my lite units are on V2 and it makes a huge difference, won't be plugging it in again though in case it tries to revert to a "legal" copy of the firmware :)
Or even worse, add geofencing !
Quote from: Coyote on January 01, 2016, 06:24:29 PM
Both my lite units are on V2 and it makes a huge difference, won't be plugging it in again though in case it tries to revert to a "legal" copy of the firmware :)
Or even worse, add geofencing !
what are your lite units in right now Ian?
One is in my 450 Reptile quad, the other is on a shelf.
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What sort of flight times are you getting with the shelf ;D
PK :)
Stays up for days at a time :)
Sorry, going way off topic here
lmao
I have an Inspire and a P3... I love them both...so amazingly stable....and the footage is just out of this world.
I like how they both fly....but I'm not updating to the latest firmware for sure... I think DJI are under a lot of pressure to do this tho... although a Chinese company and as such they don't really care about such things...their international market share is huge.... last year they were valued at $8 BILLION!!!!
So they need to be seen as being a responsible company.... I think for RTF models the whole geofencing system is a great idea.....
Keukpa
To be honest I think it's a step forward for DJI from the previous blanket "well you screwed bitch" stance if one had legitimate reason to fly in an area designated no fly by DJI's rather crude tool.
I have an Inspire Pro, which despite the Pro designation doesn't enjoy the same ability to turn on/off no fly zones as for example the "professional" A2. I have to say I'm no DJI fan, but they have done a really nice job on the inspire.
I'd be fairly happy to update the firmware now knowing that should I need to fly in a particular problem area then I can now disable that restriction. Given that it would be for commercial use anyway the need to register to achieve it is really not a big deal for me personally.
It has to be a good move overall... I think the horse has already bolted somewhat, but any move that makes the general ignorant user have to jump through more hoops and have some accountability before doing something stupid can't be a bad thing in my opinion.