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New 500m zones -- FlySpots too crowded
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fansb4f50ec1
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The latest flyspots includes a new 500 metre altitude zone.  This is presumably to accommodate the higher 1000 meter ceiling that was recently added for some drones such as the Mavic 3.

I am in an area surrounded by various airports and airstrips.  As a result, almost everywhere I would typically fly has 5-10 overlapping 500m altitude zones.  This makes the map virtually unusable due to the heavy graying out as the zones overlap.

I fly mini 3 pro and Air 2S drones.  Neither of these allow me to fly above 500 metres!  SO... can I turn off this zone, or is it possible to avoid duplicate graying out and just show a single 'layer' of gray?

Lots of airports

Lots of airports

leads to multiple altitude zones

leads to multiple altitude zones
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Mobilehomer
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Tap the "i" circle and turn off the altitude zones.
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Oh wow. That is quite congested.
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Mobilehomer Posted at 12-19 11:34
Tap the "i" circle and turn off the altitude zones.

That works, although I wonder if it also turns off other altitude zones that I should care about -- ie: those with ceilings of less than 500 metres?
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fansb4f50ec1 Posted at 12-19 18:53
That works, although I wonder if it also turns off other altitude zones that I should care about -- ie: those with ceilings of less than 500 metres?

Every red restricted zone has a 60m altitude zone from the end of the red zone (3KM from end of runway to 3.6KM) and then a 150m altitude zone from 3.6km from the end of the runway out to 8.4km off the end.  

But do they really affect you?  Are you actually going to fly above 150m when your legal limit is more likely to be 120m max.

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KlooGee Posted at 12-19 19:20
Every red restricted zone has a 60m altitude zone from the end of the red zone (3KM from end of runway to 3.6KM) and then a 150m altitude zone from 3.6km from the end of the runway out to 8.4km off the end.  

But do they really affect you?  Are you actually going to fly above 150m when your legal limit is more likely to be 120m max.

You're correct that this will work for me.  However, it still feels a bit like a sloppy solution...
1) It would be preferrable to be aware of nearby 60m altitude zones (before getting a warning while trying to fly near them)
2) It's fairly flat where I live, but it's easy to imagine a case where someone may be under 120 feet above their takeoff point, but also above 150 feet AGL, after flying away from the take-off point.
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