Drone News: This ban will affect YOU, No Mapping in NC, DJI Air 4 Rumors

I wonder if the sponsors of the DFR bill realize that pretty-much everyone carries around a China-built audio & video recording device in their pocket, including in places far more sensitive than outdoor locations where drones are operated?

I am part 107 certified. I live in a new development and have been photographing homeowners roofs to check for damaged tiles. I provide this service and return after the repair to verify it was done. It’s a valuable service the homeowners depend on me to do, and by grounding the drones the developer will get away with defective construction.

Recently just bought my Dji 4 Pro and I live in NYC and will fight what I can, these politicians are getting ridiculous. Appreciate these videos and how informative they are, helped me get things started with the rules and regulations on drones.

drones don’t just save lives they save my soul

No matter what side of the aisle one is on politically, this legislation is just nonsensical and appears to come from a place of being completely misinformed about real world usage. I'm definitely jumping in to do my part as well, we should all take a stand here.

I’m so proud I became American Citizen as I come from a totalitarian regime but going through all this is really disappointing. Makes us look like we are unable to cleanly compete so just ban what we’re competing to. Sounds like some freedom is being taken away. It’s a gift to our laziness and status quo. No different to a money handout that goes against quality at the end of the day. Where’s the free market way of living? At this point I don’t know if it’s a waste of time submitting petitions to our representatives after they already came back to me with a bunch of “reasons”, basically telling me to “f… off”!

Thanks for keeping us informed!

Regarding the mapping in NC, as an engineer I understand that the data needs to be read and interpreted by a licensed professional. Just because someone has the tools does not make them qualified to do professional surveying work. It's another thing if he's simply collecting the data for a licensed surveyor for them to interpret, in which case this should not be an issue. Surveying firms hire unlicensed individuals to collect data for them all the time

The Surveyor Association of North Carolina is very protective and went after the GIS profession around 20-25 years ago. I think the final agreement was if you are a GIS professional with many years of experience, don't mark your work as certified, registered, or denote any degrees of accuracy.

Sadly I feel something really bad is on the horizon for us flying drones. I think we are in the window that is going to be never again much like us having the freedom of living before social media and cell phones. Appreciate these times and fly your hearts out and definitely advocate and sign petitions and forms and make your voices heard. Thanks Greg for getting this ALL out there!

Love these updates. I look forward to them each week. Thank you and Drone On!

Thank you Greg for a very informative video. As I live in NC, both of the first two stories affect me directly. I went to DAA and sent the two letters! Thanks again!!

Thank you for keeping us up-to-date on all those worrisome developments and what we can do to help defend drone-related hobbies and businesses!

We use a lot of electronic equipment in the United States that's manufactured In China. Why do they seem to only be focused on banning drones made in China??

Thanks! Happy Flying!

Great show Greg, thank you

Thanks for the updates Greg and PI. We will continue to voice our concerns against these detrimental bills! If someone is doing maps and not for survey or official measurement purposes, it should be allowed. Anything requiring official measurements I would understand the need to be a licensed surveyor, etc. I map FD events for planning purposes. Something like this should not be a concern because it is for reference, just a bunch of photos stitched together.

Great work . Keep it up!

Connect the Dots. Look who is on Skydio's public policy board. The same guy use to serve and work for Stefanik's office.

I am retired, but was involved in initial GIS efforts in West Virginia just before the state capital power brokers took over. “Professional” Surveyors organizations are in the business of preserving their monopoly. Long before this I knew an academically trained surveyor, who could never quite pass the licensing test. It turned out the surveyor, who would be in direct competition with him was the test scorer statewide!