Drones: applications and compliance for surveyors
Published May 2019
Reissued September 2024
This practice information discusses the opportunities, rapidly developing applications and compliance challenges of using drones in a surveying environment, particularly in light of recent high-profile cases of misuse.
The practice information also highlights the fast-moving national and international regulatory issues impacting the technology's integration into widespread use in the land, property and construction sectors.
This document was reissued in September 2024 as practice information. It had previously been published in May 2019 as an insight paper. No material changes have been made to the document.