Don't fly around drones! Huang Moumou was instigated by overseas organizations to take photos of military-related photos and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

The reporter learned from the Ministry of State Security that in recent years, drones have been widely used in geological exploration, disaster rescue, agricultural plant protection, environmental monitoring, aerial photography and other fields, becoming an important tool for our production and life. However, some organizations and personnel ignore relevant flight ban regulations and use drones to carry out illegal aerial photography, surveying and mapping, posing threats to national security. How to carry out drone aerial photography and mapping legally and in compliance with regulations? Let us learn and master it through the following questions.

Question 1: Can individuals and units conduct aerial photography and mapping?

Correct answer: Individuals and units can conduct aerial photography, surveying and mapping after obtaining relevant qualifications.

Legal basis

According to Articles 27 to 32 of the Surveying and Mapping Law of the People's Republic of China and Article 35 of the Interim Regulations on the Flight Management of Unmanned Aviation Vehicles, professional and technical personnel engaged in surveying and mapping activities must have the corresponding professional qualification conditions. Units engaged in surveying and mapping activities using civil unmanned aircraft can only engage in surveying and mapping activities after obtaining surveying and mapping qualification certificates in accordance with the law.

Warning Case

When Lin, a staff member of a surveying and mapping company, did not have the qualifications to drive a drone and did not submit a flight application to the airspace management department, he unauthorizedly used his own assembled drone to take photos and mapping. He was detected as an abnormal air condition by a certain war zone radar, which consumed a lot of resources to deal with it. In the end, the surveying and mapping company and Lin compensated the relevant units for losses of 120,000 yuan and published an apology statement in the national news media.

Question 2: Can the drone flight ban and flight restriction functions be cracked at will?

Correct answer: No. Legal basis Articles 8 and 14 of the Interim Regulations on the Flight Management of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles stipulate that when engaging in the design, production and use of civil unmanned aircraft systems, they shall comply with the national regulations on real-name registration and activation, flight area restrictions, emergency response, network information security, etc., and take effective measures to reduce atmospheric pollutants and noise emissions. If the micro, light and small civil unmanned aircraft systems are modified, they must comply with the relevant mandatory national standards.