[Tagging] drones

[Craig Wallace]

On 2023-02-10 11:43, Anne-Karoline Distel wrote:
>
> What do people think about a key like drone? I'm thinking of heritage 
> sites/ tourist attractions, of course. I noticed on a Welsh heritage 
> site that they had an icon for all the amenities and permissions, and 
> they had one for "Drones not allowed". Obviously, we could add 
> drone=no to every airport as well, but that's not my main concern.
>
> In Ireland, drones are not allowed over Office of Public Works sites, 
> unless you're the photographer for the National Monuments Service. Or 
> maybe an archaeologist with special license for a dig. But as a drone 
> pilot, you might not know whether a site is OPW or not.
>
> I don't have a drone myself, I'm just not sure if this would be useful 
> or not. There are 9 uses so far 
> <https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/drone>.
>
Note the rules for drones may depend on whether you are taking 
off/landing, or just flying it over.
eg in the UK, the landowner could ban you from using a drone while on 
their land. But you could stand outside their land, and fly it above 
(assuming you follow the other rules for line of sight, and keeping away 
from people etc).

Whereas airports have specific laws, which ban you from flying above 
them. Or within 5km of the airport.

And may also depend on the type/size of drone. eg less restrictions if 
it weighs less than 250g.
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