Andy,
I have a quadcopter camera & have taken aerial stills & video of buildings & archeological sites (including a few I submitted to WLM recently). Some of these are being used in wp articles eg:
* Farleigh Hungerford Castle
* Stanton Drew stone circles
* Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries
* Glenside, Bristol
and a few others on my commons contributions list (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Rodw)
I will have a look at the guide later, but want want to make sure everyone complies with the CAA regulations (http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?CATID=1995) see also http://droneflight.co.uk/pages/summary-of-uk-legal-requirements. I have had a few people & places refuse permission eg Glastonbury Abbey - but they are currently writing their guidelines for use on their site and have said could I go and do a demo for them. Lots of others (including English Heritage & national Trust properties) have said fine to fly & take pics videos over their sites. It is very weather (& particularly wind) dependent.
On 10.11.2014 14:58, Andy Mabbett wrote:
Possibly
of interest. Is anyone using UAVs, in the UK, to gather material for Wikipedia, Commons, or another project?
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From: "Archaeology Data Service" <katie.green@york.ac.uk
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Date: Nov 10, 2014 1:59 PM Subject: New Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Guide to Good Practice
To: <ADS-ALL@jiscmail.ac.uk [2]>
Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are a 'disruptive technology', a technology that forces us to rethink how we do (or used to do) things - from protecting white rhino to delivering pizza. Everyone who needs a bird's eye view is now wondering how this technology can help them; farmers, structural engineers, ecologists and, of course, archaeologists.
In theory,
even a very minor archaeological site can now benefit from its very own aerial survey. But while the possibilities for archaeology are immensely exciting, many of the actual results are still disappointing; blurry aerial photos, images which may be pretty but which can't be georeferenced and expensive cameras hitting the ground at terminal velocity.
Stephen Gray from the University of Bristol's Department
of Archaeology has written a much-needed good practice guide to conducting an archaeological survey using a UAV. The guide is the result of months of research and field work; it sets out a standard and safe approach which can be carried out using inexpensive equipment.
Part
One of the guide, produced in collaboration with Jisc, suggests good practice when collecting data.
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/infokit/3d/uav-survey [3]
Part
Two is published by the Archaeology Data Service and is focused on the sharing and preservation of low-altitude aerial survey data.
http://guides.archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/g2gp/AerialPht_UAV [4]
Links: ------ [1] mailto:katie.green@york.ac.uk [2] mailto:ADS-ALL@jiscmail.ac.uk [3] http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/infokit/3d/uav-survey [4] http://guides.archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/g2gp/AerialPht_UAV