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posted by martyb on Saturday January 02 2016, @06:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the Sasha-and-Malia-feel-left-out dept.

DJI Innovations, the leading manufacturer of drones, launched a beta version of its new "geofencing" system that should keep its drones from flying into restricted airspace. The new feature is called Geospatial Environment Online (GEO), and it will let users know about areas where drone flight is restricted, either due to regulations or because of safety issues.

GEO will stop DJI drones from taking off in restricted areas like airports, Washington D.C., and temporarily restricted areas such as places near forest fires or big stadium events. Sensitive areas around prisons and power plants will be off limits in the system as well.

DJI owners can temporarily opt out of GEO and unlock some of the flight restrictions, but there's a catch. They must have verified accounts with the company, with a credit card, debit card, or cellphone number on file. Users cannot turn off all the flight restrictions though; places like Washington D.C. will remain completely off limits.


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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday January 03 2016, @12:35AM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Sunday January 03 2016, @12:35AM (#283866) Homepage

    DJI introduced new software to stop its drones from flying in restricted airspace.

    Yeah, okay, I know, I'm always banging on about how stupid title case is for headlines. But if title case is to continue to be the house style, then I guess this one should be "fixed."

    It should also be present tense (and "has launched" in the summary instead of "launched") and with no full stop at the end.

    DJI Innovations

    Is that right? The "I" in DJI stands for "Innovations"...

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    PS Why aren't we allowed to use <u>?

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  • (Score: 2) by xpda on Sunday January 03 2016, @01:36AM

    by xpda (5991) on Sunday January 03 2016, @01:36AM (#283888) Homepage

    You're right about DJI and DJI Innovations. It's a little like DNS servers, I suppose. I saw another company named DJI and mistakenly assumed "Innovations" was the difference between it and the Phantom maker. I agree "has launched" would be better.

    I personally do not like present tense headlines unless present tense is accurate (particularly on the radio, about which I'm tempted to go on a 500-word rant). As soon as I'm Holy Roman Emperor of the Inner Solar System, I'm going to rid the world of this arcane custom.

    • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday January 03 2016, @01:53AM

      by wonkey_monkey (279) on Sunday January 03 2016, @01:53AM (#283897) Homepage

      It's a little like DNS servers, I suppose.

      DNS stands for "Domain Name System." It's more like "PIN number."

      I personally do not like present tense headlines unless present tense is accurate

      I think it serves a useful purpose. It allows the efficient distinction between reporting of "current" events (even if they're not literally happening right this very minute) and "historical" events which have recently become newsworthy (or are otherwise being submitted as an article).

      "xpda becomes Holy Roman Emperor" - it has recently happened, and is still the current state of affairs
      "xpda became Holy Roman Emperor" - it happened a notable time ago, and may no longer be true, but for some reason it has only now been revealed

      of the Inner Solar System

      Sheesh. No ambition, some people.

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