New technology
The Bird’s Eye View of a drone is a new and practical perspective and definitely triggers excitement. It’s new, because drones have never been used by most. It’s a practical option because the new drone technology advancing to the point of general affordability and usability. Many can take it and use it for their own benefit and the community’s.
Ease of Use
Mostly for imagery, photos and videos, there are also many other applications and more are being discovered. Photos and videos can be taken from points of view that previously were impossible or prohibitively expensive. They required the use of some major aircraft or device to take the shots or footage. Drones are simpler, smaller, cheaper to obtain and operate. In the meanwhile, cameras are also improving, thus allowing amazing quality despite the tricky, sometimes difficult, conditions of the operation.
Broad appeal
So the Bird’s Eye View is not exclusive to governments and their military or to large corporations and institutions. It’s now at everybody’s reach. Past are the days when you would hear about how powerful they are and what drones can do from the sky. Now you can actually witness their use and easily be a drone operator yourself.
New uses, new laws
Many businesses, professionals, organizations and individuals can leverage drones to reach new goals or old goals in a different way. That’s why drones are here to stay! The popularity of drones grows despite the natural resistance of large segments of potential users, as is always the case with new technology. Especially with drones, we also have to deal with new laws that keep changing to keep up with the technology and the uses that also keep evolving.
Growing popularity
Like all the latest tech, drones encounter the usual hurdles, and specific ones as well. Tight regulations are hard to keep up with. However, drones are booming. With popularity, they are becoming more and more common as we’re fast approaching 1% of the US population as FAA certified to pilot drones commercially.