Looks like DJI has removed the geofencing guard rails.


https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/2...ng-no-fly-zone



Seems like a bad idea to me.



LHC

Eh, it's still up to the operator to adhere to what they said they would when they took their training or acquired whatever cert is needed if they're flying in a commercial role. It's not like DJI publishes a software update everytime the FAA puts up a NOTAM (even temporary) about a piece of airspace that's restricted for awhile. They couldn't manage that worldwide. On the other hand it IS incumbent upon the operator to be aware of that stuff, always, hobbyist or commercial. RemoteID for drones is what The Gov wants.

You'd almost think that the chinese had some sort of connection and access to the data collected by these drones...

I agree with Badger. While geofencing makes life a lot easier for DOD installations, commercial airports, and public venues with high attendance, attempting to restrict the 'thing' to force the user's compliance looks awfully similar to biometric gun safeties and other gun control efforts. Freedom is hard and sometimes painful, but it sure beats the 'safety' of benevolent oppression.

Good summary. DJI also doesn't want to be put in the middle of a legal situation; "well, the machine let me do it!" They have said that, originally, they did the Geo-fencing as a voluntary step on their part to help operators fly responsibly. What they're doing is what they did in some EU countries a year ago. As you say, seems like "your tool, point in a safe direction before pulling trigger."


Also, in another move, they announced that operators who were storing their flight records sync'd with DJI in their cloud had to back them off by end of January as their flight records would be deleted.