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Armageddon, I was so wrong about you! I wanted Guerrilla 2 at the time. Now upon firing up the ps3 and replaying, I get it, and I’d say it’s damn near part 1 in terms of gameplay.

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The Sims 4 Elemental Legacy Challenge Inspired by Genshin Impact

This is an Elemental Legacy Challenge in The Sims 4 based on the elemental system from Genshin Impact. Each generation represents one of the seven elements in the game: Anemo (Wind), Geo (Earth), Electro (Electricity), Dendro (Nature), Hydro (Water), Pyro (Fire), and Cryo (Ice). Each generation will embody the personality traits, careers, and goals associated with their element, along with a distinct home aesthetic and play style inspired by their powers. It does use a lot of packs, but it can be easily edited for what you already own.

General Rules:

Each generation must represent one of the seven Genshin elements.

Traits, careers, skills, and homes must align with the assigned element’s theme.

Follow the goals outlined for each generation.

No cheats allowed (except for build cheats or mods that don't give unfair advantages).

You can randomize the starting element, or assign them in a specific order.

Each generation must have outfits where their signature color is dominant. Formal, everyday, and athletic outfits can vary, but the signature color should always be present in some way.

The color scheme should be prominent in the home design, particularly in key areas like the living room, bedroom, or kitchen. You could even assign specific rooms to feature the signature colors more heavily, like having a red kitchen for Pyro, a blue bathroom for Hydro, etc.

The clothing styles and homes don’t have to be based on the nations, since the game doesn’t give us the option to keep both the styles and the colors, but feel free to use CC as long as it’s purely for the aesthetic.

Generation 1 – Anemo (Wind)

The Anemo generation is free-spirited, calm, and adaptable. They love exploration, independence, and solving problems creatively.

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Loner, Noncommittal

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim or Outdoor Enthusiast

Career: Scientist, or any freelance career

Signature Color: Light Green and White

Theme: Breezy, light, and airy

Goals:

Max the Singing and Guitar skills.

Travel to different locations often (take at least 5 vacations in their lifetime).

Own a home that features open spaces, light colors, and lots of plants or wind chimes.

Avoid long-term romantic relationships until later in life (Anemo Sims value freedom).

Have at least one child after a long period of wandering, to "settle down."

Optional: Complete the Bird Feather collection.

Generation 2 – Geo (Earth)

The Geo generation is stable, reliable, and seeks to build a lasting legacy. They are practical and hard-working, focused on wealth and security.

Traits: Ambitious, Materialistic, Self-Assured

Aspiration: Mansion Baron or Fabulously Wealthy

Career: Business or Architect (modded careers can work here)

Signature Color: Gold and Brown

Theme: Stability, strength, and opulence

Goals:

Max the Handiness and Gemology skills.

Build or purchase the largest house possible by the end of their lifetime.

Collect rare stones or gems.

Have a large family (minimum of 3 children) to secure their "dynasty."

Their home must be large and built with strong materials (use stone textures, earthy tones, and gold accents).

Optional: Complete the Crystal collection.

Generation 3 – Electro (Electricity)

The Electro generation is energetic, impulsive, and creative. They thrive on innovation and technology but can be unpredictable.

Traits: Genius, Hot-Headed, Erratic

Aspiration: Computer Whiz or Master Maker

Career: Engineer or Tech Guru

Signature Color: Purple and Black

Theme: Bold, modern, and futuristic

Goals:

Max the Programming and Robotics skills.

Build at least 3 electronic devices from scratch (robotic helpers, drones, etc.).

Create a "high-tech" home, featuring lots of gadgets, electronic lights, and futuristic décor.

Occasionally sabotage friendships or relationships due to impulsive behavior, but make amends afterward.

Have 2 children, both of whom must be raised to appreciate technology and innovation.

Optional: Complete the Space Prints collection.

Generation 4 – Dendro (Nature)

The Dendro generation has a deep connection with plants and animals. They value growth, nurturing, and environmental stewardship.

Traits: Loves Outdoors, Vegetarian, Green Fiend

Aspiration: Freelance Botanist or Country Caretaker (if you have Cottage Living)

Career: Gardener or Veterinarian

Signature Color: Green and Yellow

Theme: Natural, lush, and earthy

Goals:

Max the Gardening and Herbalism skills.

Maintain a large garden with at least 8 different types of plants, including rare and exotic species.

Live in a home that is mostly natural materials and surrounded by greenery (think lots of wood, plants, and natural light).

Befriend at least 5 animals and adopt at least one pet.

Have 2-3 children who help maintain the garden or care for animals.

Optional: Complete the Gardening collection.

Generation 5 – Hydro (Water)

The Hydro generation is peaceful, creative, and adaptable, often focused on emotions and connection to others. They enjoy helping and healing others.

Traits: Creative, Family-Oriented, Child of the Ocean

Aspiration: Painter Extraordinaire or Friend of the World

Career: Doctor, Painter, or Conservationist

Signature Color: Blue and Teal

Theme: Flowing, serene, and aquatic

Goals:

Max the Painting and Fitness skills.

Build a home near water (by a pool, lake, or beach) with soft blues and aquatic-themed décor.

Spend as much time as possible swimming or in water-related activities.

Throw at least 3 major family gatherings or parties during their lifetime.

Have at least 2 children and be heavily involved in their lives, fostering strong relationships.

Become a merperson.

Optional: Complete the Seashell collection.

Generation 6 – Pyro (Fire)

The Pyro generation is passionate, energetic, and sometimes a bit fiery or temperamental. They are driven to succeed and live life to the fullest.

Traits: Hot-Headed, Outgoing, Ambitious

Aspiration: Serial Romantic or Party Animal

Career: Chef, Actor, or Athlete

Signature Color: Red and Orange

Theme: Bold, passionate, and energetic

Goals:

Max the Cooking (or Mixology) and Romance skills.

Throw a minimum of 5 major parties during their lifetime, with as many sims as possible attending.

Create a home with bold, bright colors (especially red and orange) and a focus on social spaces like kitchens or bars.

Have a fiery romance with multiple partners, but ultimately settle down with one true love.

Have 1-2 children, but with a strained relationship early on (resolve it as they age).

Optional: Complete the Voidcritter collection.

Generation 7 – Cryo (Ice)

The Cryo generation is calm, stoic, and sometimes distant. They can be emotionally guarded but are reliable and thoughtful once you get to know them.

Traits: Loner, Perfectionist, Gloomy

Aspiration: Nerd Brain or Academic

Career: Scientist or Detective

Signature Color: Light Blue and White

Theme: Cool, calm, and reserved

Goals:

Max the Logic and Research & Debate skills.

Build a home in a cold or wintery area (with ice-themed décor, white or light blue tones).

Avoid close relationships for much of their young adult life, but form a deep bond with a single Sim later on.

Visit Mt. Komorebi or another winter vacation spot at least twice.

Have 1-2 children who grow up in a more reserved, intellectual environment.

Bring the founder back to life.

Optional: Complete the Snowglobe collection.

Bonus: Legacy Symbolism

To tie the legacy together, introduce a family heirloom or symbol that changes with each generation but keeps the essence of the element. For example a painting from reference of each heir, or a photograph.

Build a museum to display the heirlooms and collectibles for future generations.

Have the legacy founder write The Book of Life and pass it down through each generation, then revive them in the last generation.

Link to the Google Docs version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j04NTssNN9cwBeJGE3_ZEypmQFLt6-XdXoUCAIUks7A/edit?usp=sharing

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🦉 The Owlry ~ a TS4 Build by szanne7000 🦉

Need a place to get away from it all – for a little while…

…or forever?

The Owlry is the place for you!

This two-bedroom, two-bath log cabin has everything you need. While small, it is comfortable and elegant. There is a full kitchen, laundry, and even an under-the-eaves storage area that could be a third bedroom.

Enjoy the outdoor kitchen and living spaces, including a double-sided fireplace and a sunken jacuzzi!

Ramble down the steps to the pond and do a bit of fishing or just enjoy nature.

Close to the gorgeous mountain lake and waterfall, this secluded space brings peaceful relaxation.

Notes

1 Tree Swing is deco only.

2 This lot has been placed in Granite Falls and made residential through @zerbu's All Worlds Are Residential Mod. Pictures showing the world and location are provided in the included Credits & Links pdf file.

3 Also included with the download are pictures of how to access the tech-hippie (@k-hippie) website.

💞 Thank you to my Bestie, @bodaccia48, for play-testing this build. Love you!!! 💞

As always, without the imagination, time, and genius of the creator community, this build would not be possible.

Please see the Credits & Links for everything used to bring this build to fruition.

Special thanks to @twistedmexi for all you do!

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(Tumblr will not let me @ everyone; apologies)

❣️🦉❣️ Thank you all so much!!! ❣️🦉❣️

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Expansion Packs: Get To Work, Get Together, Cats & Dogs, Seasons, Eco Lifestyle, Snowy Escape, Cottage Living, and High School Years

Game Packs: Outdoor Retreat, Vampires, Strangerville, Realm of Magic, Dream Home Decorator, and Werewolves

Kits: Desert Luxe Kit

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The Analogue Pocket Experience: A Beautiful, Overengineered, and Disappointing GameBoy

by Amr (@siegarettes)

Analogue Pocket

$220 for the Pocket, $100 for the Dock

Plays original GameBoy, Color, and Advance carts. Additional adaptors allow you to play Game Gear carts and (ostensibly) Lynx and Neo Geo Pocket in the future

After a long period of big promises, delays and drama, the Analogue Pocket is finally here. An HD, portable solution for playing GameBoy games (and possibly more), the console seems to have made big waves in the retro scenes. On paper, it seems like everything you’d want out a modern GameBoy, and more. But how does it hold up as an actual portable, meant for everyday use? After four months with the Pocket, I’m here to tell you what the Analogue Pocket experience does, and doesn’t deliver, with some comparisons to other devices before the final verdict.��

Before we start, let’s go over what the Pocket promises, and what my expectations were for it. 

Going from Analogue’s own site, the Pocket supports Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advance games, as well as the Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket and Atari Lynx in a high definition display. It’s features display modes that imitate the original hardware, save states, sleep and wake functions, multiplayer with the Pocket and original Gameboy hardware, on board Nanoloop music tracker software and support for GB Studio homebrew titles, optional external dock support, and more with the upcoming Analogue OS updates. Sounds good. 

As for my own expectations, I want my portables to be something I slip into a jacket or pants pocket, pick and put down at a moment's notice, and fit into spaces during my commute or downtime. For context, my commute is over an hour each way, with plenty of time between stops to sneak in a quick game. 

Before I even got to the hardware the Pocket was off to a bad start. Opening up the optional (30USD) clear case, I nearly broke the tabs immediately because I put it together the wrong way. The small pegs on the bottom half clearly slot into the holes on the back of the Pocket, but what I didn’t realize is that the top half also only goes in one way, and putting it on wrong caused the tabs to catch unpleasantly, giving me anxiety for the next ten minutes as I attempted to remove the Pocket without breaking the case. To be fair, I probably would have known all this if I’d read the included manual first, but what kind of case requires a manual to operate?

I bring this up because it kind of reflects Analogue’s approach to hardware. The whole package feels designed by people who design hardware to be displayed, not directly interacted with. The Pocket itself has a sleek, minimalist design that’s popular with tech geeks and modders, imitating the original Gameboy hardware, but jettisoning the welcoming, toy-like curves for sharp, crisp edges in a monochrome color scheme.The shoulder buttons a bit higher than halfway on the back, next to the cartridge slot. It splits the difference between an original DMG and the SP, not unlike the unhinged GBA SP mod. 

What it doesn’t take from the SP is the location of the cartridge slot, opting for the original Gameboy cartridge placement, which immediately causes problems. This compromise turns the already cramped layout of the SP more uncomfortable. With the SP you can mitigate this by hitting the shoulder buttons with the inside of your knuckle, but here the cartridge blocks that and causes your fingers to rest on the cartridge while playing. To keep the shoulder buttons accessible, the cartridge slot is left more exposed, which holds fine for GBA carts but leaves Gameboy and Gameboy Color carts loose and easily jostled with a light tap. Which seems like a good way to lose save data. 

It ends up being a worse solution than both the original Gameboy and SP form factors, breaking compatibility with games like Boktai, where it blocks the solar sensor. Unfortunately, that’s probably also the only way they were going to be able to get cartridge adaptors for other systems positioned reasonably, which were going to look ugly no matter what. 

With such weird, compromised hardware, it shouldn't be a surprise that games on the Analogue reflect that. 

My first run at the device was with a GBA flashcart, which I'd been playing mostly through my DS. Like the DS, the mismatched resolution means dealing with a letterboxed image, but GBA games appear bright and crisp otherwise. The aforementioned hardware issues immediately get in the way, especially for games that make heavy use of the shoulder buttons (MMZ), though the option to mirror the shoulder buttons on the upper face buttons somewhat mitigates it. 

What really causes problems are the subtle incompatibilities with flashcarts. Flashcarts are a popular method for anyone wanting to play original hardware, since you don't need to deal with carrying a load of carts, or pay exorbitant prices to check out a system's library. Officially, the Analogue doesn't support loading ROMs either (we'll get back to that one), so you'll likely want one. 

Even after several updates, some users are still reporting flashcarts not working entirely, which I've luckily avoided. Either way, using a flashcart will lock you out of the system's save state and sleep functions, which is a big hit to the Analogue Pocket's portability, but wouldn't be a big problem if they didn't cause the flashcart's own sleep and save state functions to malfunction. 

Something about the way Analogue handles the cart has caused problems when returning to original hardware, including data being erased entirely, and save states made on one device being incompatible with the other.

On the subject of save states, the Analogue nominally supports them on a system wide basis, but as of writing, months into the device's release, you can only write a singular save across ALL games. Creating a save in one game will erase your save in the other. For GBA games this isn't much of a problem, but it becomes a problem for GameBoy and Color games, which often either used passwords to save progress, or had no way to save at all. 

Eventually, I was able to dig out one of the Gameboy carts I did have, which finally made the system make sense. The crisp, full screen display, alternative screen modes, and even the awkward button layout all fell into place when playing, and having sleep mode y'know, actually work, made it a much better fit for portable play. As a premium upgrade to the original GameBoy and GameBoy Color, the Analogue Pocket finally made sense, and even competes with modern options for modded hardware. 

Well, for a little while.  Like almost everything on this system, the more I played it the more details fell out of place. The power and volume buttons immediately became a problem on my commute. The original GameBoy models all use either a volume wheel or slider, with satisfying action that let you intuitively understand where you are on the volume scale, and what the maximum and minimum are. The Analogue Pocket uses ovaloid buttons, with the split volume button doing double duty, allowing you to also adjust brightness or mute the system by pressing both halves at once. 

The size and shape of the button makes them both easy to mistake for each other, and hard to hit a specific button. I needed to use a fingernail to adjust volume, and I found myself constantly turning the system to make sure I was hitting the correct button, so I wouldn't accidentally mute it, or put it into sleep mode. 

The on-screen display also only shows if you're going up, down, or have reached the minimum or maximum, with no indication of where you are on the scale, all displayed in white text with no outline. You might be able to guess why that could be a problem on a system designed for playing black and white games. 

Sleep mode's implementation is remarkably inconsistent, too. A short tap of the power button will put the system into sleep mode, but only if you're playing an original cart or GB Studio game. On flashcart it'll prompt you to power off the system entirely, and when on the menu, without a game loaded, sleep mode is disabled entirely. It's way too contextual, going against muscle memory for a button that's had a consistent function across almost every device for decades. At least a long press will always turn off the system. 

Issues like this go on and on--there's only a few preset color schemes, with no way to mix them with the screen filters, and no custom color scheme support yet, giving you less options than an original GameBoy Color. Buttons can't be remapped, with only an option for a SNES style layout that switches the main controls to Y and B, mimicking the Super GameBoy’s alternate control scheme. This outright replaced the option to mirror the buttons to the shoulders button, which came with the original firmware. No idea why it couldn’t keep both. . And no, there isn't support for Super GameBoy color palettes or borders, if you're wondering. 

What's bewildering about these issues is they're all issues that have been solved on emulators, FPGA solutions like the MiSTer and handhelds that cost half of what the Analogue goes for. They're basic features I basically expect out of both hardware and software. 

The extra features it touts would theoretically go some way to make up the gap, but all these are equally half baked or MIA. Community developed cores, which would allow it to play other systems (somehow, without playing ROMS), don't even have an option in menu, with no mention or news on them outside the initial announcement.

There’s no hint of an unofficial jailbreak, which usually releases within a week of Analogue devices, providing at least the ability to play ROMs. Nor is there any sign of the Analogue OS, which promises the ability to save screenshots, have multiple save states, and organize playlists of your favorite games (again, somehow, without playing ROMs).

The only cartridge adaptor available now is Game Gear adaptor, with nothing on the promised Lynx and Neo Geo Pocket adaptors, and reports that the Game Gear one might even be damaging the labels on carts. 

GB Studio support is less than impressive, thanks to it requiring the proprietary .pocket format, which only GB Studio 3 can export to, causing compatibility with the majority of homebrew software made with GB Studio, which were primarily made with older versions. To be fair, this is a software issue out of Analogue's control, and the community have developed branches of previous GB Studio programs that can export to the new format. Of course, this would also be solved if the Analogue Pocket just played ROMs. 

Ironically, GB Studio support has been getting a lot of use--as a workaround to play GameBoy and GameBoy Color ROMs. A lot of people speculated that the proprietary format the system uses was just a wrapper for GameBoy ROMs, so Analogue could continue to claim the system doesn't play ROMs. That seems to be at least partially true, with IPS patches coming out that allow you to convert GameBoy, GameBoy Color, and even more ironically, GB Studio games, to a format the Analogue Pocket can play. 

This has, at the very least, allowed me to play the majority of GameBoy titles I'd wanted to play on original hardware, letting me discover new favorites and kept me from dropping even more on a GameBoy flashcart to play the titles I couldn't on my GBA cart. It's definitely an added bonus, though this has all been thanks to community efforts, so I can't exactly give Analogue any credit for it. 

And even after all that, with how many disappointments the Pocket lays on, the Dock might even be more disappointing. The Dock has thankfully been updated with the ability to update straight from the Pocket, use original screen filters, resize the screen, and adjust saturation, all of which it launched without.. That said, controller support is still limited, and the link cable port is blocked when docked, since they placed it on the bottom. It doesn’t have the promised CRT output via the Analogue DAC, making it neither analog nor pocketable. 

Compared to the care taken with displaying GameBoy and GameBoy Color games on the Pocket, the Dock feels like an afterthought whose purpose is primarily to offload the cost of Bluetooth and USB-C display out to another device. Sure, compared to the cost of niche solutions like the GBA Consolizer it comes out well ahead, but if you don't care about continuing progress from the same cart, suddenly you have plenty of better options. 

If you're married to the benefits of FPGA devices, a fully kitted out MiSTer costs less than the price of the Pocket, the two flashcarts, and dock you'd need to play the Gameboys' libraries, and gets you tons of options for screen modes, filters, color palettes, controllers, analog video, Super Gameboy palette and border support, working save states and even 2 player local play, on the same or separate screens, for all generations of GameBoys, on top of tons of consoles, handhelds, arcade boards and old PCs made before the Playstation generation.

If it has to be a handheld, portable emulators are rapidly improving, and for the same price as the Pocket itself, or even less, you can find a handheld capable of running the most accurate Gameboy emulators, with low latency and HDMI output, and support for everything up to the Dreamcast, as long as you're willing to do a little work. 

And if you're willing to really work for it, well you can probably play everything the Pocket does on the very device you're reading this on. If you're accepting a compromise already, why not accept a compromise that gets you more? 

To justify itself in such a crowded space, the Analogue Pocket needed to do a single thing better than anything else. Its high resolution, perfectly integer scaled, backlit screen almost accomplishes this for the GameBoy and GameBoy Color, but in the process strips the experience of the charm and portability of the original systems, while compromising every other feature it promises. I set my Analogue Pocket in plain view every day, ready to be packed up and played on my commute, but I found myself increasingly picking up other systems instead. The 3DS XL, my emulation handhelds, the even more clunky Switch, and even the original, non backlit GameBoys--each of them provided a more compelling experience than the Pocket, and fit better into my lifestyle. 

The Analogue Pocket is a system that asked me to change my routine to fit its design, rather than being designed to fit into my routine. It's a beautiful, over engineered device that feels like an unfinished first draft for a revision that'll never come. It's a fantastic display piece, but if you want to actually play the games, you've got better options. 

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4 June 2021

Not feeling 100%?

This is more anecdote than data, but I feel like I've been seeing a lot of clustered bar charts (where you have a number of bars, for different series, bunched together in each category) with quite a lot of bars per category recently.

This sort of thing:

Lest I risk being stripped of my Peston Geek of the Week badges, there isn't anything particularly wrong with this - it just happened to be one example I noticed this week! But personally, I find four bars per category a bit much - I don't think the key stories are as easy to read as they might be. (I should confess my own sins at this point.)

In instances like this one - where the results for a single age group will add up to 100% - I think there's an obvious alternative: a 100% bar chart.

I think this makes the same point - that attitudes to lifting lockdown divide along age lines - more clearly. The thing you might lose is being able to easily compare should/should not for a particular age group, but that's not the main point being made and (personally) I think that takes some time with the original anyway.

Again, there's nothing particularly wrong with the original in this instance. But I've definitely seen more egregious examples, where the number of clustered columns becomes a bar to understanding the data.

Some initial thoughts on other subjects:

DB I thoroughly enjoyed last night's Data Bites geo-special, which you can watch as-live here (and will appear in slightly edited form here). I even included a chart-based quiz - question here (it does get there eventually), answer here. We'll be back on Wednesday 7 July with the next one, and then back on 8 September after a short summer break.

VPs Reports (Meta data, below) suggest the government has backtracked on many of its 'vaccine passport' plans for domestic use. (Rumours government will leave much to the free market are still a concern - government needs to provide clarity and be wary of harms, whoever is developing such systems.) Here's the Ada Lovelace Institute report on vaccine passports I was involved with.

GPDPR Also below are many links about the planned General Practice Data for Planning and Research, a new NHS Digital initiative to use patient data, which is now starting to become A Thing in the press.

LN If you're interested in data sonification, a new podcast - Loud Numbers - is launching with a whole festival on the topic this Saturday. Here are my collected sonifications for the Institute for Government podcast (which I've been saying I'll write up for about a year and a half now...)

ODI There are some great jobs - including researcher and senior researcher roles - going at the Open Data Institute, where I'm a special adviser (but don't let that put you off).

OGP NAP If you'd like to get involved in shaping the UK's next national action plan for open government, remember you can sign up here.

CogX And last but not least, I'm delighted to announce I'll be chairing a session on 'AI Governance: the role of the nation in a transnational world' at this year's CogX at 1pm on Wednesday 16 June.

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How England’s school catch-up funding falls £13.6bn short* (New Statesman)

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UK's culture war divisions exaggerated but real, say public – as shown by views on equal rights, cultural change and class, and online bubbles (The Policy Institute at King's College London, Ipsos MORI)

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DJI is updating its geofencing system across Europe after Gatwick drone debacle

Following the pre-Christmas drone debacle in the UK — which plunged thousands of people into travel misery after repeated drone sightings closed the runway at Gatwick, and later also briefly suspended departures at Heathrow — consumer drone maker DJI has announced it’s upgrading its geofencing system across Europe.

It says its Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) 2.0 system will be rolled out to the 19 European countries that did not already have the GEO system in phases — “starting later this month”.

“GEO 2.0 creates detailed three-dimensional “bow tie” safety zones surrounding runway flight paths and uses complex polygon shapes around other sensitive facilities, rather than just simple circles used in earlier geofencing versions,” it writes.

We’ve asked how long it will take for the update to be fully rolled out across the region.

A further 13 local markets that had the GEO system already will also now get the 2.0 update.

In all, 32 European countries will be covered by GEO 2.0 — which DJI bills as offering “enhance protection of European airports and facilities”.

Here’s how it explains the new geofencing approach in Europe:

GEO 2.0 applies the strictest geofencing restrictions to a 1.2 kilometer (3/4 mile) wide rectangle around each runway and the three-dimensional flight paths at either end, where airplanes ascend and descend. More flexible geofencing restrictions apply to an oval area within 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) of each runway. This bow tie shape opens more areas on the sides of runways to beneficial drone uses, as well as low-altitude areas more than 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the end of a runway, while increasing protection in the locations where traditional aircraft actually fly.

DJI’s new boundary areas around airport runways are based on the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Annex 14 standard for airspace safety near runways. DJI also consulted with aviation organizations on ways to enhance geofencing features near airport facilities. DJI’s categorisation of airports is based on airport types, numbers of passengers, operations and other factors, influencing the sensitivity of the airspace around a given location.

The countries getting GEO for the first time are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.

While those countries set for an upgrade to GEO 2.0 are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

Update: A spokesman confirmed it will be live in all 32 countries later this month. He also confirmed that DJI drones operating in the nineteen European countries that are getting GEO for the first time had no geoblocks at all prior to this roll out.

It’s not clear what took DJI so long to implement stricter and more detailed geofencing — and, well, any geofencing at all in most regional markets — around critical infrastructure sites like airports. We asked and it didn’t respond to the question.

But it has also announced a change of data provider — from California-based AirMap to Altitude Angel — in Europe. So appears to have needed to source better European mapping data. (Although the latter company launched its unmanned traffic management platform back in 2016.)

Altitude Angel, a UK-based startup which was founded in 2014, says its GuardianUTM platform is being used by DJI to extend the functionality of GEO 2.0 so it “more accurately reflects the highest safety risks around particular facilities”.

DJI claims the upgrade not only better reflects actual safety risks around airports but describes it as “more flexible in lower-risk areas” — saying, for example, that it would permit “authorized users to conduct drone activities in locations parallel to runways”. (Albeit UK airports might not be in a huge rush to permit any kind of nearby drone flights given the recent chaos… )

Another difference for the platform flagged by Altitude Angel itself is the claim it better maps other “sensitive facilities” too, such as prisons and nuclear power stations — which it says are represented by “more accurate ‘polygon’ shapes, rather than large, static cylinders”.

“By more accurately mapping the highest risk zones, DJI can improve safety while opening up more of the airspace to drone pilots,” is its claim.

Another change coming via the GEO update is that DJI’s geofencing system will also include Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) imposed during major events or natural disasters.

“The TFRs will be based on authoritative data from Eurocontrol,” it says.

When the drone maker announced the launch of its GEO geofencing system in Europe and North America, back in 2015, its VP of policy and legal affairs wrote: “Our years of actual user experience have shown that in most instances, strict geofencing is the wrong approach for this technology, and instead we are helping operators make informed, accountable decisions.”

As it turned out there’s rather more work to be done to ensure human nature combined with affordable, powerful drone tech doesn’t turn a consumer gadget into a weapon of mass disruption.

Another wrinkle, vis-a-vis geofencing as a mechanism for regulating drone use, is that individual (DJI) drone owners must update their DJIGO 4 flight control app and aircraft firmware for the new geoblocks to apply. So a push button fix for drone misuse this most definitely is not.

Add to that, modded/hacked drones can and do circumvent baked in geoblocks. And of course other drone brands, with different geofencing systems, are available.

Regulators have been caught on the hop around drone safety but aren’t likely to stand still for too much longer.

Last month the UK government announced new powers for police to tackle illegal use of drone technology — including powers to land, seize and search drones.

It also said it would beef up stop-gap flight restriction rules on drones by expanding a 1km flight exclusion zone around airports to circa 5km.

A full drone bill is still pending but the Gatwick drone chaos will have concentrated ministerial minds on the expeditious need to better regulate the tech.

source https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/13/dji-is-updating-its-geofencing-system-across-europe-after-gatwick-drone-debacle/

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DJI is updating its geofencing system across Europe after Gatwick drone debacle

Following the pre-Christmas drone debacle in the UK — which plunged thousands of people into travel misery after repeated drone sightings closed the runway at Gatwick, and later also briefly suspended departures at Heathrow — consumer drone maker DJI has announced it’s upgrading its geofencing system across Europe.

It says its Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) 2.0 system will be rolled out to the 19 European countries that did not already have the GEO system in phases — “starting later this month”.

“GEO 2.0 creates detailed three-dimensional “bow tie” safety zones surrounding runway flight paths and uses complex polygon shapes around other sensitive facilities, rather than just simple circles used in earlier geofencing versions,” it writes.

We’ve asked how long it will take for the update to be fully rolled out across the region.

A further 13 local markets that had the GEO system already will also now get the 2.0 update.

In all, 32 European countries will be covered by GEO 2.0 — which DJI bills as offering “enhance protection of European airports and facilities”.

Here’s how it explains the new geofencing approach in Europe:

GEO 2.0 applies the strictest geofencing restrictions to a 1.2 kilometer (3/4 mile) wide rectangle around each runway and the three-dimensional flight paths at either end, where airplanes ascend and descend. More flexible geofencing restrictions apply to an oval area within 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) of each runway. This bow tie shape opens more areas on the sides of runways to beneficial drone uses, as well as low-altitude areas more than 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the end of a runway, while increasing protection in the locations where traditional aircraft actually fly.

DJI’s new boundary areas around airport runways are based on the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Annex 14 standard for airspace safety near runways. DJI also consulted with aviation organizations on ways to enhance geofencing features near airport facilities. DJI’s categorisation of airports is based on airport types, numbers of passengers, operations and other factors, influencing the sensitivity of the airspace around a given location.

The countries getting GEO for the first time are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.

While those countries set for an upgrade to GEO 2.0 are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

It’s not clear what took DJI so long to implement stricter and more detailed geofencing around critical infrastructure sites like airports.

But it has also announced a change of data provider — from California-based AirMap to Altitude Angel — in Europe. So appears to have needed to source better European mapping data. (Although the latter company launched its unmanned traffic management platform back in 2016.)

Altitude Angel, a UK-based startup which was founded in 2014, says its GuardianUTM platform is being used by DJI to extend the functionality of GEO 2.0 so it “more accurately reflects the highest safety risks around particular facilities”.

DJI claims the upgrade not only better reflects actual safety risks around airports but describes it as “more flexible in lower-risk areas” — saying, for example, that it would permit “authorized users to conduct drone activities in locations parallel to runways”. (Albeit UK airports might not be in a huge rush to permit any kind of nearby drone flights given the recent chaos… )

Another difference for the platform flagged by Altitude Angel itself is the claim it better maps other “sensitive facilities” too, such as prisons and nuclear power stations — which it says are represented by “more accurate ‘polygon’ shapes, rather than large, static cylinders”.

“By more accurately mapping the highest risk zones, DJI can improve safety while opening up more of the airspace to drone pilots,” is its claim.

Another change coming via the GEO update is that DJI’s geofencing system will also include Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) imposed during major events or natural disasters.

“The TFRs will be based on authoritative data from Eurocontrol,” it says.

When the drone maker announced the launch of its GEO geofencing system in Europe and North America, back in 2015, its VP of policy and legal affairs wrote: “Our years of actual user experience have shown that in most instances, strict geofencing is the wrong approach for this technology, and instead we are helping operators make informed, accountable decisions.”

As it turned out there’s rather more work to be done to ensure human nature combined with affordable, powerful drone tech doesn’t turn a consumer gadget into a weapon of mass disruption.

Another wrinkle, vis-a-vis geofencing as a mechanism for regulating drone use, is that individual (DJI) drone owners must update their DJIGO 4 flight control app and aircraft firmware for the new geoblocks to apply. So a push button fix for drone misuse this most definitely is not.

Add to that, modded/hacked drones can and do circumvent baked in geoblocks. And of course other drone brands, with different geofencing systems, are available.

Regulators have been caught on the hop around drone safety but aren’t likely to stand still for too much longer.

Last month the UK government announced new powers for police to tackle illegal use of drone technology — including powers to land, seize and search drones.

It also said it would beef up stop-gap flight restriction rules on drones by expanding a 1km flight exclusion zone around airports to circa 5km.

A full drone bill is still pending but the Gatwick drone chaos will have concentrated ministerial minds on the expeditious need to better regulate the tech.

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DJI is updating its geofencing system across Europe after Gatwick drone debacle

Following the pre-Christmas drone debacle in the UK — which plunged thousands of people into travel misery after repeated drone sightings closed the runway at Gatwick, and later also briefly suspended departures at Heathrow — consumer drone maker DJI has announced it’s upgrading its geofencing system across Europe.

It says its Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) 2.0 system will be rolled out to the 19 European countries that did not already have the GEO system in phases — “starting later this month”.

“GEO 2.0 creates detailed three-dimensional “bow tie” safety zones surrounding runway flight paths and uses complex polygon shapes around other sensitive facilities, rather than just simple circles used in earlier geofencing versions,” it writes.

We’ve asked how long it will take for the update to be fully rolled out across the region.

A further 13 local markets that had the GEO system already will also now get the 2.0 update.

In all, 32 European countries will be covered by GEO 2.0 — which DJI bills as offering “enhance protection of European airports and facilities”.

Here’s how it explains its new geofencing approach:

GEO 2.0 applies the strictest geofencing restrictions to a 1.2 kilometer (3/4 mile) wide rectangle around each runway and the three-dimensional flight paths at either end, where airplanes ascend and descend. More flexible geofencing restrictions apply to an oval area within 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) of each runway. This bow tie shape opens more areas on the sides of runways to beneficial drone uses, as well as low-altitude areas more than 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the end of a runway, while increasing protection in the locations where traditional aircraft actually fly.

DJI’s new boundary areas around airport runways are based on the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Annex 14 standard for airspace safety near runways. DJI also consulted with aviation organizations on ways to enhance geofencing features near airport facilities. DJI’s categorisation of airports is based on airport types, numbers of passengers, operations and other factors, influencing the sensitivity of the airspace around a given location.

The countries getting GEO for the first time are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.

While those countries set for an upgrade to GEO 2.0 are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

It’s not clear what took DJI so long to implement stricter and more detailed geofencing around critical infrastructure sites like airports.

But it has also announced a change of data provider — from California-based AirMap to Altitude Angel — in Europe. So appears to have needed to source better European mapping data. (Although the latter company launched its unmanned traffic management platform back in 2016.)

Altitude Angel, a UK-based startup which was founded in 2014, says its GuardianUTM platform is being used by DJI to extend the functionality of GEO 2.0 so it “more accurately reflects the highest safety risks around particular facilities”.

DJI claims the upgrade not only better reflects actual safety risks around airports but describes it as “more flexible in lower-risk areas” — saying, for example, that it would permit “authorized users to conduct drone activities in locations parallel to runways”. (Albeit UK airports might not be in a huge rush to permit any kind of nearby drone flights given the recent chaos… )

Another difference for the platform flagged by Altitude Angel itself is the claim it better maps other “sensitive facilities” too, such as prisons and nuclear power stations — which it says are represented by “more accurate ‘polygon’ shapes, rather than large, static cylinders”.

“By more accurately mapping the highest risk zones, DJI can improve safety while opening up more of the airspace to drone pilots,” is its claim.

Another change coming via the GEO update is that DJI’s geofencing system will also include Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) imposed during major events or natural disasters.

“The TFRs will be based on authoritative data from Eurocontrol,” it says.

When the drone maker announced the launch of its GEO geofencing system in Europe and North America, back in 2015, its VP of policy and legal affairs wrote: “Our years of actual user experience have shown that in most instances, strict geofencing is the wrong approach for this technology, and instead we are helping operators make informed, accountable decisions.”

As it turned out there’s rather more work to be done to ensure human nature combined with affordable, powerful drone tech doesn’t turn a consumer gadget into a weapon of mass disruption.

Another wrinkle, vis-a-vis geofencing as a mechanism for regulating drone use, is that individual (DJI) drone owners must update their DJIGO 4 flight control app and aircraft firmware for the new geoblocks to apply. So a push button fix for drone misuse this most definitely is not.

Add to that, modded/hacked drones can and do circumvent baked in geoblocks. And of course other drone brands, with different geofencing systems, are available.

Regulators have been caught on the hop around drone safety but aren’t likely to stand still for too much longer.

Last month the UK government announced new powers for police to tackle illegal use of drone technology — including powers to land, seize and search drones.

It also said it would beef up stop-gap flight restriction rules on drones by expanding a 1km flight exclusion zone around airports to circa 5km.

A full drone bill is still pending but the Gatwick drone chaos will have concentrated ministerial minds on the expeditious need to better regulate the tech.

Via Natasha Lomas https://techcrunch.com

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[abdullahmahmood]

Who I Am?

Hey there!

I’m Abdullah Mahmood and I belong to Pakistan, a country where people deeply value hospitality. Doing Masters in Computer Science , but why limit myself to just the title of my degree? Several interests keep me busy, as a result, I like to call myself many things—tech blogger, Hollywooder :-), open source evangelist, security enthusiast and a traveler!

Occasionally, I blog at uogconnect.tk and at different magazines, though I volunteer just for my interests there.

My internet journey started back in 2006 when I was a kid and Windows XP was cool. Since then, I’m hooked to this machine known to mankind as computer. Many self-made websites as a kid, but formally started blogging quite late in 2010, on the blogspot (now blogger) platform.

Helping out others who’re struggling with something, particularly with technology like a computer problem, setting up a website, blog or phone modding is what I love to do and that’s why you’ll find me writing tutorials on several topics; ranging from Android modification to geo-targeting your website visitors. Currently working on Android app and a social network(local).

I’ve been through many phases myself; from being a total newbie to a position where I can say that I know and can do at least something (it’s a vast ocean out there, impossible to conquer all!). Learning to code during my university days (infact internet is real teacher). Personality-wise I’m the curious type; asking and exploring will never bore me.

I watch movies (top rated A class.. just Hollywood), Love tea. My favorite thing is sleeping too specially in rainy days :-) I love to write diary. And writting from nearly 10 years. Want to convert it digitally on web (But you know sometimes i hate typing :-P )