Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: New Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Guide to Good Practice

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: of interest. Is anyone using UAVs, in the UK, to gather material for Wikipedia, Commons, or another project? ---------- [1]Guide to Good Practice 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. 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. 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. 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] 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