Decrypt any DJI flight log with Flight Reader

msinger · Mar 28, 2026

A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.8.21 includes the following changes:

Improved photo extraction logic to increase the accuracy of detected photo locations for flights that include videos and timelapse photos.
Clicking a manned aircraft icon on the map or in an ADS-B KML file will now open the adsbexchange.com link directly to the flight date, showing all aircraft flight paths for that day.
Removed the ADS-B speed fields introduced in version 1.8.19 since the speeds could not be derived consistently or accurately from the ADS-B data stored in DJI flight logs.
Improved ADS-B data extraction to ensure all available data points are captured. Extracted data is now also compacted to reduce the size of generated HTML and KML files.
When exporting all KML files (right-click flight list → Export → KML), the ADS-B KML file is now included when ADS-B data is available.

See the release notes for a complete list of changes.

msinger · Mar 30, 2026

A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.8.23 includes the following changes:

When Line Transparency or Ground Line Transparency is set to 100% in the KML section of the Flight Reader Options window, that line type will now be excluded from the generated KML file. This makes it easy to generate a KML that shows only the aerial flight path or only the ground-attached flight path. When both settings are below 100%, both lines will be included as expected.
Resolved an issue where invalid characters in ADS-B data could cause some flight logs to fail during processing.

See the release notes for a complete list of changes.

msinger · Mar 31, 2026

A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.8.25 includes the following changes:

When opening a CSV file, any brackets in the filename will be replaced with parentheses. This allows the file to be easily saved from Excel after making changes.
Improved photo extraction logic to increase the accuracy of detected photo locations for flights that include pano photos.

See the release notes for a complete list of changes.

msinger · Apr 3, 2026

A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.8.26 includes the following changes:

Improved photo extraction logic to increase the accuracy of detected photo locations for flights that include multi shot photos.
Updated the generation of the OpenStreetMap preview image that appears when hovering over flights in the main Flight Reader window to prevent “Access Blocked” messages.

See the release notes for a complete list of changes.

msinger · Apr 7, 2026

A new version of Flight Reader is available. Release 1.8.27 includes the following changes:

Renamed the "Time Lapse" flight mode to "Timelapse".
Renamed the CAMERA.panoPhotoSequence field to CAMERA.photoSequence so it can be used to track photo sequences for other photo modes.
For timelapse photos, the CAMERA.photoSequence field now tracks the number of photos captured within each timelapse sequence.
Improved photo extraction logic to increase the accuracy of detected photo locations.