Great interest in the dissemination of drone images

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Among the applicants are municipalities, news media, brokers and private individuals.

Now the authority receives some complaints. Anders Sandin is the business area manager for geodata at Lantmäteriet and he understands that the waiting time can cause problems.

— Above all, it is regrettable for those who have a commercial activity, he says to the radio channel.

The purpose of the permit requirement is to protect sensitive information that is important to total defence.

In the past five years, the number of applications for permission to disseminate drone images has gone from approximately 700 to just over 23,000.

This year, the Land Survey expects to receive 30,000 such applications. The authority wants the government to allocate more resources to the handling of proliferation permits.

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