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The UAVs were used by the press, not police surveillance. Maybe the US press could do the same, they could cover events like Occupy Wall Street using remotely
by exDM69 15y ago
The UAVs were used by the press, not police surveillance.
Maybe the US press could do the same, they could cover events like Occupy Wall Street using remotely controlled quadrocopters since real choppers or journalists on foot were not allowed in the area.
- jbarham 15y agoProbably not a good idea to fly a UAV in lower Manhattan...
- bigiain 15y agoLike this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9cSxEqKQ78 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9cSxEqKQ78 ??? (Note: that video caused a _lot_ of controversy in the FPV (first person video) and RC community.)
- exDM69 15y agoWhat makes lower Manhattan different from downtown Moscow? They're both high density urban areas with population in the millions. Moscow is older and the architecture may be a bit more forgiving for flying UAV's. Also the aerial photography taken in Moscow seems to be around a river and a park. However, there are plenty of Occupy and other protests plus other events where aerial photography may be interesting going in lots of different places, some more UAV friendly than others. Also remember that modern gyro stabilized, computer controlled quadrocopter UAVs operate with a centimeter precision indoors, so they ought to be pretty precise outdoors too.