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"DJI censoring where you can fly" (no Tiananmen Square)

Posted by Chris Anderson on July 19, 2013 at 5:00am

According to this RCGroups post:

The WKM upgrade now has a no fly zone built into it 15km around Tienanmen Square . I love the idea of being able to impose your own no fly zones through software,for safety reasons, airports etc. I not not think it right that govts can now make manufacturers hard wire in no flyzones in tho the core software. One of the most important future use of this technology is for journalists to cover stories govts don't want them to cover. SO will the Turkish govt now request no fly zones around taskim square

UPDATE: This is confirmed. Here is DJI's official release note. Thanks to BlueSky1 for the link

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  • Moderator
    Mark Harrison July 21, 2013 at 2:45pm

    Yep, here's the doc pointed to in the update notice.   Thanks BluSky1!

    "Flight Functions are restricted within the radius of 15Km from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China."

    http://download.dji-innovations.com/downloads/wkm/en/Wookong_M_prod...

    http://download.dji-innovations.com/downloads/wkm/en/Wookong_M_product_release_notes_en.pdf
  • Moderator
    Mark Harrison July 20, 2013 at 1:41am

    Is there any evidence for this other than flyingbicuit1's story?  Somebody might be pulling your leg.

    In other news, flyingbuscuit1 reported flying his DJI from Beijing to Turkey.

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  • LanMark July 19, 2013 at 9:20am

    Tienanmen Square in general is a no fly zone?   Seems like a bunch of additional checks the software is doing that it doesn't need to do... so what happens when you get near the square?

  • Developer
    John Arne Birkeland July 19, 2013 at 8:25am

    This is pretty much the same as scanners refusing to scan money. As long as we are talking about restricted airspace I'm kinda ok with it. But give a finger and they take the arm and all that..

  • Moderator
    Gary Mortimer July 19, 2013 at 7:45am

    There are other products that do that...

  • Stefan Gofferje July 19, 2013 at 6:53am

    That's why we like open source software!

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