Re: [Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-19 Thread me
On 18/09/17 at 12:53pm, Philip Barnes wrote: >There was a talk by 'the only licensed drone pilot in Scotland' at SOTM >Scotland a couple of years ago. > >I missed the outdoor demo as I went to the NLS map library. Yes Paul has a eBee senseFly -

Re: [Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 18/09/2017 11:03, Brian Prangle wrote: Does anyone have any experience of using drones? I once used a drone to map an inaccessible island in the Humber. The drone's camera can be pointed directly downwards, so I flew it around the island, keeping the high water mark in the centre of the

Re: [Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Dan S
2017-09-18 11:03 GMT+01:00 Brian Prangle : > The regulations on the use of drones in the UK are already quite restrictive > (if, of course, you're a responsible memeber of society) and are imminently > to become even more restrictive with licensing and proof of competence >

Re: [Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Philip Barnes
There was a talk by 'the only licensed drone pilot in Scotland' at SOTM Scotland a couple of years ago. I missed the outdoor demo as I went to the NLS map library. Phil (trigpoint) On 18 September 2017 12:14:01 BST, Marc Gemis wrote: >Oleksiy Muzalyev seems to be

Re: [Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Marc Gemis
Oleksiy Muzalyev seems to be pretty knowledgable on drones. He has posted about it a couple of times on the talk mailing list. e.g. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2016-September/076758.html But he's not living in the UK. regards m. On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Brian

[Talk-GB] Use of Drones

2017-09-18 Thread Brian Prangle
The regulations on the use of drones in the UK are already quite restrictive (if, of course, you're a responsible memeber of society) and are imminently to become even more restrictive with licensing and proof of competence becoming requirements. I'm pessimistic about being able to make use of