Spaced Out ::

UAVs are starting to the hit the big time with everything geospatial and are driving a hardware, data and software revolution along the way (more in later posts, but think open-source designs, open source software, massive datasets). However their use in most western countries is tightly regulated - and rightly so. If someone is deploying a flying vehicle weighing several kilos that can fly at 30+ kmh then you’d like to think that it’s safely done. And that is perhaps where KAP has some advantages… it is tethered, relatively safe and in many locales unregulated.

And this is where many nations are starting to ponder the UAV conundrum…..New Hampshire is looking at extreme restriction which all but negates any use of UAVs. I wonder how many other countries/states will follow suit?