COLOR-CODED: The mobile app is to display zones in three colors — green, yellow and red — to help UAV operators locate restricted airspace and no-fly zones
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 02, 2020
By: Hsiao Yu-hsin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A trial of the nation’s first mobile app to inform operators of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) where they
A man holds an anti-drone device in an undated photograph.
Photo: Hsiao Yu-hsin, Taipei Times
During testing of the app, only local governments would be able to see where its users are located, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said yesterday.
The trial aims to uncover any discrepancies between the information displayed in the app and the real world related to no-fly zones and other restricted airspace, the agency said, adding that the release version should not have any errors.
The app displays zones in three colors: green, yellow and red; UAVs may be flown at less than 400m of altitude in daylight in green zones, while red zones are conditionally limited areas accessible only by entities that have applied for and received approval, it said. [FULL STORY]