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AirBear

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DJI Fly safe shows a spoke wheel arrangement with open space between arms, Air map full circle restrictions for two airports near my home. Which do I believe?aa air.jpg
 

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My understanding is that the circular areas indicated in AirMap are still the official ones, but the ones showing approach/departure paths of runways are useful. Still I think using LAANC and getting approval to fly is the best way currently. We’ll see what happens after Kittyhawk has finished the long overdue updating/incorporation of the B4UFly app. Hopefully there will be some more educated answers to follow.
 
You can believe both, they show what the creators think is important. If you look at the map from FAA's B4UFly app, it looks different from these. DJI states below the map that not all geo zones will appear. On the online version, there is an option to turn on some of the other types of geozones.
Here's the DJI map with warning and enhanced warnings shown, but it still doesn't show all.
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You can believe both, they show what the creators think is important. If you look at the map from FAA's B4UFly app, it looks different from these. DJI states below the map that not all geo zones will appear. On the online version, there is an option to turn on some of the other types of geozones.
I agree completely, but I don't like what DJI has done. My house is in Class C controlled airspace about 4 miles from the airport. Airmap and B4UFly will show that, but the DJI maps are totally different. DJI says I can fly from my house, but in reality I need to get authorization before flying anywhere near here. I think lots of people will assume that if the DJI map doesn't stop them, that it must be OK. I think DJI should use the same maps as the host country. (Actually, I would like it even better if the FAA would change the airspace map to match the less restrictive DJI version :))
 
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