Field Guide to Drones and Real Estate

Change is on the horizon. The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 tasked the FAA with implementing clear-cut regulations allowing for the commercial use of UAVs, by no later than September 30, 2015. In the meantime, this Field Guide from the National Association of Realtors® includes resources to help REALTORS® stay abreast of the legal status of utilizing drones, and to learn about the potential future use of drones for the real estate industry.

Flying a Drone can be Your Minor

Aviation students, clamoring to enroll in Long Island’s first unmanned-aircraft training course.

This semester, Dowling College has started its first course toward a 12-credit minor in the subject — and the class was the first to fill up at the college’s School of Aviation in Brookhaven.

Now its 27 students are hoping to master the art of flying drones and land lucrative jobs in the booming industry.

15 Things That Should Not Be In Your Listing Photos.

Ready to sell your home or already on the market? Here's a quick list of 15 things that should not be in your listing photos...

  1. Cars
  2. Trash cans
  3. Pets
  4. People
  5. Reflections of people
  6. Photographer's finger
  7. Toilet seats that are up
  8. Unorganized or excessive children's toys
  9. Taxidermy
  10. Camera flash in mirrors
  11. Fridge full of magnets
  12. Personal items
  13. Ceiling fans that are on
  14. Shadow of photographer
  15. TVs left on

Once Is Nothing: A Drone Art Exhibition

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Once Is Nothing, an exhibition of international artists whose work investigates the cultural space and aesthetics of drones.

Canada’s first exhibition dedicated to exploring drones as a subject, material, and tool of artistic production. Through their engagement with the uses and perspectives of drones, the artists of Once Is Nothing generate a paradoxical view of both the infallibility and invincibility of drone technology while questioning borders, surveillance, identity, and place.

The exhibition includes new and contemporary works in video, sculpture, and photography by Lawrence Bird (Winnipeg), David Bowen (USA), IOCOSE (UK/Italy/Germany), Joe Ford (USA), Mona Kamal (USA), and Morgan Skinner (Toronto).

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Aerial Drone Video of Worcester, MA

The 17-year-old aspiring documentarian and filmmaker, Mr. Kariuki, recently released an aerial drone video of Worcester (above) that has gone viral. On Friday the video, shot as an ode to the city, was released and quickly received a lot of attention. Within 24 hours it had been viewed 100,000 times on Vimeo, and it had nearly 300,000 views by Monday afternoon.

2,000 Beluga Whales Captured in Rare and Stunning Arctic Drone Video

For the first time, a wildlife photographer whose family has been frequenting the Arctic for three generations has captured 2,000 beluga whales in stunning video taken with a drone over the course of four weeks.

The footage is captured off Somerset Island is unique in that is said to be the first to film Arctic wildlife with the use of a drone.

The beluga whales, congregating in one of the last beluga whale nurseries on Earth, is definitely magical from a bird’s eye view. Read more