# The development of Drone Scene continues! **URL:** \ **Category:** Drone Scene\ **Tags:** dronescene\ **Created:** [22 January 2021 00:00 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214 "2021-01-22T00:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Pterodactyl](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pterodactyl/32/23836_2.png) [@Pterodactyl](https://greyarro.ws/u/Pterodactyl)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/147 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Are you meaning one like the one that’s been there since forever? ![Screenshot_20201129-025959](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/9/898fb8f72f6a2eea12a55c76ec0033707215eadc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![notveryprettyboy](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/notveryprettyboy/32/144159_2.png) [@notveryprettyboy](https://greyarro.ws/u/notveryprettyboy)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/148 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Oops. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pingspike/32/7393_2.png) [@PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/u/PingSpike)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/149 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
It’s December, time to release another bunch of updates to Drone Scene! 🎄 🎁 Missed the November updates? Fear not, they’re all listed [here](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/121). So without further ado - on with the updates! * * * ## • New Feature: Elevation tool - Requested by @McSteamy2010 - Need to know the height of a piece of land or area on the map? – We can tell you! - Simply click on the Elevation tool to turn it on (the up arrow on the right hand side) – Click somewhere on the map – Wait approx 1 second — because we need to fetch the elevation for that location – The elevation value is then displayed in the top left corner > ![Screen Shot 2020-12-13 at 20.19.30](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/a/aac6f99efc70c17e40ab0b0db2d10e24a8b8ca9b.jpeg) - Finished investigating the lay of the land? – Tust click on the Elevation button again to turn the tool off again! * * * ## • New Feature: Remember your Map Layer preferences - Requested by @milkmanchris - Since the dawn of time Drone Scene has always defaulted to a specific set of Map Layers – Some were on by default — Eg: Flight Restriction Zones – Others were off by default — Eg: DJI Geozones - This was bit of a pain as you’d have to tick/untick individual map layers on each visit - We now remember your last-selected map layers - We also now remember your Basemap (Road, Satellite, Dark, etc) - Not only that, but these settings are now stored against your user profile – This means that your preferred map layers will follow you from any browser, on any device to any other browser or device, automatically 🙇‍♂️ * * * ## • User Experience: Disable the tick boxes in the Map Layers panel if not logged in - If you were not logged in to DS you could still click the Flight Reports layer, the NOTAMs layer, DJI layer, etc. — Nothing happened when clicked, but people expect _something_ to happen - These Layers are now crossed out and a message added informing people they need to log in to use them * * * ## • User Experience: Widen the DJI GEO Zones “search” radius - Some DJI flight restrictions were not immediately visible – Eg: You needed to have an airport in view to then be able to see the DJI bow-tie restrictions - Now you don’t – If it’s nearby, we’ll display it * * * ## • User Interface: Use better text-formatting for location details - Requested by @kvetner - Drone Scene strips out all formatting from a location description (line breaks, paragraphs, etc) – This was by-design, in order to make it all fit on mobile devices - We now honour the formatting in the main location description – But we still keep a compact description in the popup map pin balloon - Some examples: – [Where can I fly my drone in the UK? - Southwick, Hampshire - Historic Buildings in South East](https://dronescene.co.uk/where-to-fly-drone/southwick-hampshire/south-east/802) – [Where can I fly my drone in the UK? - Beeston Castle - Castles and Fortifications in North West](https://dronescene.co.uk/where-to-fly-drone/beeston-castle/north-west/845) * * * ## • User Interface: Display confirmation box when clicking on Logout - It was really annoying to click on Logout accidentally! – _Really_ annoying… - We now ask you to confirm you really want to Logout * * * ## • User Interface: Only allow filters/searches by Member if logged in - We don’t allow searches on members on the forum if not logged in – This just follows suit To explain a bit further: If logged in, I get an “All Members” drop down list / search filter available to me: > ![Screen Shot 2020-12-04 at 20.54.45](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/1/b16a0e118d530173ed7300bf942ac423d6105189.png) If I’m not a GADC member and not logged in, I now cannot filter by member, the drop down list vanishes: > ![Screen Shot 2020-12-04 at 20.55.38](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/8/e860aa9ca873a744d44093cbb193d916dca79128.png) All other routes to the member filter have also been updated too. Eg, here in blue, both `Drumsagard` and `stubbyd` are clickable links to apply a member-filter: > ![Screen Shot 2020-12-14 at 21.30.22](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/8/c88892cf738d0aee01b877c21e1c01a6f727e2e8.jpeg) But if I’m _not_ logged in, their name still appears, but minus a clickable search / filter link: > ![Screen Shot 2020-12-04 at 20.55.26](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/b/1b517f7f82f052185d6721c2d1b2a9ade4ab0abe.png) * * * ## • Bug fix: Long words break the layout on mobile - Reported by @Crackerjack - Some locations added by members had references to PDFs and other long web references – When viewed on mobile they overflowed the width of the site – Which in turn pushed the burger menu and other objects out of the right hand side of the screen * * * ## • Bug fix: Drop down filters do not work if viewing a specific Location - Reported by @OzoneVibe - If you were viewing any location, then tried to apply a filter, it all went spectacularly wrong – The issue was caused by the exact same bug last month re only being able to login when on the home page 🤦‍♂️ * * * Bug reports, new feature requests, etc? As always, just shout 😃 > **[Where To Fly Your Drone in the UK](https://dronescene.co.uk)** > > Find great new places to fly your drone in the UK and share your favourite flying locations with other hobbyists. ---
**Author:** ![macspite](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/macspite/32/15317_2.png) [@macspite](https://greyarro.ws/u/macspite)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/150 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Great! That elevation tool brings Dronescene to a new high! (I’ll get me coat …) ---
**Author:** ![McSteamy2010](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/mcsteamy2010/32/143742_2.png) [@McSteamy2010](https://greyarro.ws/u/McSteamy2010)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/151 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Awesome! Nice updates, works a treat! Well done mate 👏 ---
**Author:** ![Jhdee](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/jhdee/32/12763_2.png) [@Jhdee](https://greyarro.ws/u/Jhdee)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/152 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Brilliant update - thank you for all the hard work 👍 👍 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Drumsagard](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/drumsagard/32/120498_2.png) [@Drumsagard](https://greyarro.ws/u/Drumsagard)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/153 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Great updates, thanks! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Crackerjack](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/crackerjack/32/124673_2.png) [@Crackerjack](https://greyarro.ws/u/Crackerjack)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/154 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Noticed a problem close to home. Find Heysham Harbour and zoomed out you’ll see a marker that there’s 2 flight locations hovering over 2 nuclear power stations. As you zoom in, the 2 disappears and no flight locations appear, no surprise there. Zoom out again and slide up to Morecambe, another 2 marker but if you zoom in there they split out at the appropriate zoom level to show flight sites. ---
**Author:** ![PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pingspike/32/7393_2.png) [@PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/u/PingSpike)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/155 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Can you zoom to the area in question and click the Share button (bottom right) please @Crackerjack and paste the long URL here for me? ---
**Author:** ![Crackerjack](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/crackerjack/32/124673_2.png) [@Crackerjack](https://greyarro.ws/u/Crackerjack)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/156 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
> **[View a shared location on Drone Scene](https://dronescene.co.uk/?lat=54.02324397538129&lng=-2.913471370279828&zoom=13)** > > Check out this specific location to see which flight restrictions, flight reports or hazards may be in place in this area. ---
**Author:** ![PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pingspike/32/7393_2.png) [@PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/u/PingSpike)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/157 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Oh that’s on the DJI GEO Zones layer, rather than a location someone has added 😊 It’s not a data set we have any control over I’m afraid. I’ve no idea what it is either, I’ll see what I can find out and will get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pingspike/32/7393_2.png) [@PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/u/PingSpike)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/158 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
I’ve seen them before over airports too, Gatwick for example has the same artefacts in the DJI dataset: ![image](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/3/b3f9697deeb7c6641ed18cd14423a10ad445311d.jpeg) ![image](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/9/b9a2ff123ffbc52cedaf99bd825e6481878ed9cc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kvetner](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/kvetner/32/75110_2.png) [@kvetner](https://greyarro.ws/u/kvetner)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/159 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Brilliant work as always @PingSpike! Must be beginning to run out of room for improvement! Oh … on the page [Where can I fly my drone in the UK? - Drone Registration](https://dronescene.co.uk/drone-registration) it implies you only need to register as an operator if your drone is \>250g. As you know, this also applies to drones below that range with a camera, unless they are a toy. This is probably the best page to link to now: [https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/registration-requirements](https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/registration-requirements) The wording on the page about height limitations could also do with an update as per: [https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/drone-code/where-you-can-fly](https://register-drones.caa.co.uk/drone-code/where-you-can-fly) ---
**Author:** ![PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pingspike/32/7393_2.png) [@PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/u/PingSpike)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/160 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Thanks for the heads up, will get these updated over the next few days 👍🏻 ---
**Author:** ![Mind\_the\_gap](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/mind_the_gap/32/35059_2.png) [@Mind\_the\_gap](https://greyarro.ws/u/Mind_the_gap)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/161 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Absolutely!!! Love that new feature. Thank you guys. ---
**Author:** ![PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pingspike/32/7393_2.png) [@PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/u/PingSpike)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/162 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
@kvetner Drone reg and Height pages updated, thanks again for the reminder! > **[Drone Registration](https://dronescene.co.uk/drone-registration)** > > It is illegal to fly a drone that does not show a valid Operator ID. > **[400ft Height Limitation](https://dronescene.co.uk/400ft)** > > Never fly more than 400ft (120) above the surface. ---
**Author:** ![Crackerjack](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/crackerjack/32/124673_2.png) [@Crackerjack](https://greyarro.ws/u/Crackerjack)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/163 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
With the new rules, is it worth adding a new field, Drone Category? Plenty of now legal places that can be flown with the Minis only. This includes back gardens so might also be worthwhile amending the guidance 😜 If it could be filtered/searched on this field, Legacy A1 \<250 would show all, etc… ---
**Author:** ![PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pingspike/32/7393_2.png) [@PingSpike](https://greyarro.ws/u/PingSpike)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/164 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
I don’t really want other people taking off from my back garden 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![jez09uk](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jez09uk](https://greyarro.ws/u/jez09uk)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/165 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Hi. When switching to hybrid map I lose the base map completely. This happens in chrome and firefox, but I haven’t been able to test in Internet Explorer (Edge). Does anyone know of an alternative map (google?) that would be able to show drone restrictions and have a satellite hybrid map. Thank you. Jerry ---
**Author:** ![OzoneVibe](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/ozonevibe/32/12764_2.png) [@OzoneVibe](https://greyarro.ws/u/OzoneVibe)\ **Post date:** [29 January 2021 18:35 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214/166 "2021-01-29T18:35:05Z")
Moved your post to the appropriate thread. We’ll look into the problem. Thanks for letting us know. [Previous page](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214.md?page=7) [Next page](https://greyarro.ws/t/the-development-of-drone-scene-continues/12214.md?page=9)