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UPDATED: Nov 6th, 2016 at 4:37PM PST.
Added a basic API for the data. (Free to use, but include attribution -- http://www.dronehome.io/dji_track/orders.json)
If you're as obsessed with monitoring the shipping statuses of your orders, constantly refreshing the forums, and scanning FedEx/DHL/etc for your shipment, then you might be interested in this. Otherwise, you'll probably have no need for it.
Go to http://www.dronehome.io/dji_track/orders to see the current status of orders in realtime. These statistics are contributed automatically from a custom program running on people's computers for their own orders, or by submitting their order numbers using a web form (http://www.dronehome.io/dji_track/orders/new). I am automatically querying against DJI's order system on regular intervals to update order statuses, retrieve tracking information, and then querying against the shippers to get updated delivery status.
I got tired of seeing everyone's unboxing videos for those who didn't order the bundle. So to pass the time while I wait for my Mavic Fly More bundle, I wrote this little app to help me monitor my order and FedEx passively, rather than have to keep entering details into forms on the web. It was fun to do, helpful to myself, and now it is helpful to others.
I shared this with the Mavic Combo Package thread (http://forum.dji.com/thread-67246-1-1.html) and some people wanted to get it so I shared it out. I'm posting it here in case anyone else finds it useful. The advantage of the DJI Track tool over the spreadsheet that you might have seen is that this tool determines and collects the data automatically, rather than relying on people to post updates to the forum thread and then waiting for someone with admin privileges to manually go through the thread and update the statuses in the spreadsheet.
This tool is realtime, and it is accurate to the last 10 minutes.
Current Mavic Shipping Statuses
http://www.dronehome.io/dji_track/orders
Add Your Own Order
http://www.dronehome.io/dji_track/orders/new
Command Line Tool
The command line tool lets you query your DJI order status. You can have it repeat automatically for you so that you don't have to keep logging into DJI's order tracking page manually. This will continue to run until you stop it. And you can choose to publish your data (with the order number truncated and your phone tail never shown) in order to help other people and see where your order is in relation to other people. You do not need to use this command line tool to participate, as the manual form listed above is essentially the same (but you will not see a reoccuring output on your computer like the following screenshots).
Example usage:
There is also a FedEx search & track by reference:
You can read more about the other features/options of the command line tool (such as having this repeat automatically at an interval), as well as how to install it yourself, here:
https://github.com/kevinelliott/dji
I hope this is helpful to someone. Just having some fun... If you have any issues/questions/etc feel free to comment here or send me a note.
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