A new version of Drone Scene has been released 
(Missed the February update? Take a look here!)
What’s new in the March 2024 update? 
Read on!
What’s new in the March 2024 update?
Read on!
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New Feature
• Local Authority / Council Byelaws and Policies
Those of you who have been around for a while will remember that back in June 2021 we launched a new feature which allowed you to look up the byelaws that a local authority / council might have in place that could affect your ability to fly.
While local authorities are slow to move, they do from time to time change their policies or introduce / update byelaws.
Trying to find the byelaw for a given LA can be very time consuming, all their web sites are different, none of their search boxes work properly, they all have dead links, and so on.
So we’ve made it really easy for you to find if a local authority has a byelaw, and if so, the details of that byelaw, and / or any polices they may have.
To that end, Grey Arrows Drone Club submitted 379x Freedom of Information requests to local authorities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We’ve got around 50% of the results back in, and the rest are due in within the next couple of weeks so now is a good time to release this updated capability.
To find out if a LA has a byelaw or policy, simply click on the “question mark” button on the map.
Clicking on this will clear all your current layers off the map (don’t worry, we put them back again later!).
You can then click anywhere on the map to see which local authority is responsible for that area. The boundary of the council will be displayed on the map in very high detail:
If you then click on the displayed boundary you’ll get a popup info box that will tell you which local authority is responsible for this area:
If you click on the “What do they know?” link in the info box as if by magic a new tab will open in your browser and you’ll be whisked over to the Freedom of Information (FOI) results for that authority.
You might notice some FOI requests with a status of “did not have the information requested” response, eg:
This is more often than not because they don’t actually have a byelaw or policy, so they can’t provide any details.
Therefore, please don’t read the red colour as meaning you can’t fly there, it is probably the exact opposite.
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New Feature
• Top Marker Contributors
We’ve added a new Top 10 leaderboard to showcase the members that have added the most Take Off And Landing / Parking markers to locations 
The new Top Marker Contributors can be found alongside the existing Top 10 leaderboards at:
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New Feature
• Opt out of posting to the forum
When you click to say you have flown somewhere, or when you click to say you want to fly somewhere, Drone Scene automatically makes a post to the forum on your behalf.
This has surprised a few people as they didn’t know it was going to happen.
We’ve now added the option for you to not announce your intentions to the world 
You’ll now find a new tick-box on the Have you flown here? and on the Do you want to fly here buttons:
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UI / UX Change
• Added the name of the location to the TOAL and Parking markers
Drone Scene will display Take Off And Landing (TOAL) and Parking markers for locations where people have added the extra information.
However, if the location you were viewing was near to another location, it wasn’t always clear which location the markers were attached to.
We’ve made a minor change to now include the name of the location in the header of the marker details:
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We hope you find this level of release notes / details useful
But don’t forget!
In order to use all the features of Drone Scene, you need to be a Member of Grey Arrows Drone Club - and Membership is available from as little as £0.04 per day
As ever, please continue to enjoy Drone Scene and please keep those feature requests coming!
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Absolutely AWSOME work guys, I love this service 
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what no bugs to fix… not even the standard
“fixed some bugs” statement that is a must have with drone software and firmware updated
come on there must be one… at least one you don’t want to tell us about… but leave us all guessing… part of the mystery of drone ownership
seriously: thanks and much appreciated
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Bugs that are fixed are just that … fixed.
The new ones introduced, however … 
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This is GREAT!! well done
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This is very useful!
I looked at North Devon and there are no bylaws from your FOI request, but there guidelines as below. So are guidelines literally what they would like you to do, but without a bylaw they can only advise you to follow their guidelines? It’s really only the getting permission and approval from the council that could be a problem. This would relate to a sub 250g drone.
Thank you for this resource.
Any pilot/company wishing to film or take off/land on council land or property must:
- get permission and approval from the council first for the filming
- have appropriate permission from the CAA for your use and be able to provide proof of this
- provide an up-to-date copy of their public liability insurance
- carry out a site assessment in advance
- make sure the area is safe at all times whilst using the drone
- comply with the current CAA Air Navigation Order and the current Drone Code
- indemnify the council against any injury or damage caused
- have in place suitable secure arrangements for the handling of personal data captured
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Thanks you for all your hard work, it is really appreciated.
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Best site for flying by far
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@geoff Most Councils have similar Policies Geoff, including my own, as they seem to copy from each other.
They have no real ‘teeth’ and mean very little as enforcement is near impossible. Stay respectful and subtle with your flights and you’ll be fine. 
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Thanks for that👍
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Fantastic! This is really helpful. Keep up the good work
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Superb work as always!
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I wish all our work system updates and installs had comprehensive documentation like this one.
Very well laid out communicating all updates and explaining the how’s and why’s.
Thanks for taking such time on this.
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