Re:GoPro cuts workforce, changes sales strategy
by throwanem on Thursday April 16, 2020 @02:53PM
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NPS rangers tend to be fairly proddy, in my experience. Before all this started, I spent a fair amount of time photographing birds in national parks with a 200-500mm tele, and I've found it rare to encounter a ranger who doesn't remind me that commercial photography is forbidden there, on the assumption - in my case at least, the false assumption - that anyone with kit like mine must be a professional.
Re:GoPro cuts workforce, changes sales strategy
by iamatworknow on Thursday April 16, 2020 @03:55PM
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I went to a park last year with my (pretty large) camera bag, and one of the rangers there asked me to open it to prove it wasn't housing a drone.
as an example:
> Launching, landing, or operating an unmanned aircraft from or on lands and waters administered by the National Park Service within the boundaries of [insert name of park] is prohibited except as approved in writing by the superintendent.
depending on how you interpret "operating", it might be legal to launch your drone just outside the park limits, stand there with the controller, and then fly it all over the park to your heart's content (provided you land it back outside the park). if an official actually saw you doing this, they might hassle you without regard for the nuance of the law.