It has been recently that they are on the market, but the small aircraft are already a mass phenomenon: Mini-UAVs, often controlled with a Smartphone and equipped with tiny cameras, spread rapidly among users. They provide the perfect holiday paradise with beach and sea.

From aerial photography to satellite remote sensing, there are many methods of acquiring images of the Earth. Conventional aerial photography allows very precise images (much less than one meter) to be obtained, but the shooting remains a heavy operation and often outside the budgetary means of research programs.

The development of this method of acquisition is also part of the methodological innovation on geographic information systems (GIS): it is accompanied by the development of methods and software for the recovery, mosaic-ing, and integrated management of image data in a GIS. We present in this article some of the ethics of Singapore Aerial Videography.

Drones and Copter are not forbidden: First of all, it is not fundamentally forbidden to control a mini-drone- Neither in the city nor in the country, neither in public nor private. As long as it is not about Singapore Aerial Videography, the same rules apply as for model aircraft or the well-known small toy helicopters. However, there are some limitations.

Airports and visibility: Outside of the controlled airspace near airports, the drone may ascend up to 100 meters. Further up, it is subject to authorization, since air traffic can be disturbed.

Photos and videos from the air: The hysteria around the introduction of Google Street View a few years ago should be a warning to any drone pilots. Anyone who blinks over the hedges here must expect a lot of trouble. And what applies to Google also applies to air photographs. If you move the flying camera over the fence to neighbor's site, you should ask permission first, especially if you want to publish the recordings later.

Drones as sales help: If you want to sell your property, you can take as many pictures of the airspace as you want. This applies to single-family houses anyway, but also for multi-family houses. If the authorities allowed on the spot, the owner could fly over the house and take pictures of the backyard. Even if the windows of rented apartments can be seen, there is hardly anything against a publication and use for the sale.

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