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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for downtown Columbus during the ...
While building the drone delivery map, Prime Air first identified “delivery zones,” or areas free of obstacles like buildings or trees. Based on these zones, “delivery points” were added to each ...
Technology FAA creates ‘No Drone Zone’ around Super Bowl LIX The NFL reports a 20,000% increase in unauthorized drone activity during games between 2017 and 2023. By Mack DeGeurin ...
Drone flight restrictions for game day on Sunday begin at 1:30 p.m. CT and cover an area of 1.5 miles around the stadium, and up to 2,000 feet in altitude. Between 4:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. CT, the ...
Drone incursion in restricted wildfire zones has been a growing concern , the U.S., Australia and some European countries in the past few years. Since 2016, there has been an average of in ...
The FAA’s exact criteria for which towns were selected for drone bans is also unclear. Many are near area airports, rail lines or power stations, according to an agency map.
DJI introduced the GEO system in 2013 when consumer drones were still a new technology, and formal drone flight rules and regulations were thin. The Geofencing System was created as a voluntary ...
DJI, which accounts for an estimated 90% of hobby drone sales in the U.S., announced this week that it will stop geoblocking its drones from flying over airports and military bases.
Instead, DJI will use Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data to label No-Fly Zones "Enhanced Warning Zones." Operators will get in-app alerts notifying them about restricted airspace.
Most DJI drones used this system of "geofences" – areas that the drone simply would not just warn you about but would refuse to fly into. This geofencing data is part of the Fly Safe database, ...
DJI, the world’s leader in civil drones and creative camera technology, has announced updates to its geofencing system (GEO) which applies to most of its consumer and enterprise drone products in the ...