Bit of drone footage, mainly Castleton area
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pwhole
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I'm pleased to see none of my upcoming projects were featured! 
Let's hope the National Trust don't see the Winnats Pass section though - drones are expressly forbidden from being used over their land. We had to get special permission, including presentation of pilot licenses and insurance before they'd let us do a drone survey of Long Cliff. Admittedly they did have more than a passing interest in the results. But I was chatting to the Head Ranger near Speedwell last year after they helped us clean up all the digging junk, when we were interrupted by the sound of a drone taking off from the knoll above Suicide Cave - he gave me a weary look and ran up the road. Five minutes later the drone floated limply back down to earth. I don't think they prosecute, but they're really not keen on it, more likely for safety reasons than IP protection - but then realistically how many rangers are there around to enforce it?
Maybe now we'll get dogfights ensuing with police drones - that would make things more interesting
Let's hope the National Trust don't see the Winnats Pass section though - drones are expressly forbidden from being used over their land. We had to get special permission, including presentation of pilot licenses and insurance before they'd let us do a drone survey of Long Cliff. Admittedly they did have more than a passing interest in the results. But I was chatting to the Head Ranger near Speedwell last year after they helped us clean up all the digging junk, when we were interrupted by the sound of a drone taking off from the knoll above Suicide Cave - he gave me a weary look and ran up the road. Five minutes later the drone floated limply back down to earth. I don't think they prosecute, but they're really not keen on it, more likely for safety reasons than IP protection - but then realistically how many rangers are there around to enforce it?
Maybe now we'll get dogfights ensuing with police drones - that would make things more interesting
Speleotron
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It's always strange when people put super-dramatic music over a fairly normal bit of landscape (nice as it is).
pwhole
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I turned the volume down, I must admit. I guess the actual sound recording would be a bit weird for most - whirring blades and roaring wind! But I'd prefer something more tranquil for flying around, if there must be a soundtrack. Some nice footage though. I'll bet English Heritage don't allow drones over their property either
There is one aspect to this that bothers me though - if I am digging a surface site in future how do I know some plonker isn't shooting video of me doing it from afar? And given my right to privacy would be infringed by that, could I sue the maker of any eventual video? I'll ask my team of lawyers :halo:
There is one aspect to this that bothers me though - if I am digging a surface site in future how do I know some plonker isn't shooting video of me doing it from afar? And given my right to privacy would be infringed by that, could I sue the maker of any eventual video? I'll ask my team of lawyers :halo:
Speleotron
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Agreed. Drones do my head in when I'm climbing. Sometimes I'll be up on an isolated welsh crag somewhere enjoying the quiet and some selfish plonker will have a drone buzzing around 30 feet away, probably to upload it to youtube with some stupid clickbait 'EXTREME MOUNTAIN CLIMBER' title.
pwhole
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Fabulous. Just wait until Amazon start trialling home deliveries to posh folks, whilst flying them over housing estates from their delivery warehouses. "Paw! Oi just bagged me a brace! Tinned salmon...and...caviar!"
Even more of an issue will be places like Sheffield, which have rather a lot of tree cover, despite what you may have heard recently. Most streets near where I live are invisible from the air as they're effectively inside an urban forest, so lord knows where the drones are supposed to actually land. I think I'd rather have an actual person bring it to me, given the choice.
Even more of an issue will be places like Sheffield, which have rather a lot of tree cover, despite what you may have heard recently. Most streets near where I live are invisible from the air as they're effectively inside an urban forest, so lord knows where the drones are supposed to actually land. I think I'd rather have an actual person bring it to me, given the choice.
A_Northerner
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2xw said:
Modern problems require medieval solutions.
pwhole
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Over the past couple of years I've seen quite a few 'high-level' objects over Sheffield - usually static, but occasionally moving, and usually quite bright/reflective - one almost looked like a tea-tray. One day a few of us were working on a roof and saw an object hovering over the centre of Rotherham, and it must have been in one position for over two hours before very slowly moving off toward Doncaster - it appeared to be very high, rather than very small, but it's difficult to tell with a cloudless sky. After lunch we went back up and within half an hour it was back again - roughly the same spot in the sky, and about the same duration. I dunno if all drone batteries have the same lifetime, but that seemed quite a long time in the air - if it was a drone of course. If it was an advanced civilisation then fair enough.
The Tinsley area was famous for 'lights in the sky' long before drones were invented :-\
The Tinsley area was famous for 'lights in the sky' long before drones were invented :-\
