Community Guidelines

The Drone Forecast community helps drone pilots find safe and legal places to fly and keeps information about them up to date. Members add spots (FlySpots), publish photos, rate places, verify details, and report on-site conditions.

Our principles:

• Safety first;
• Legality — post only what does not violate flight rules or other people's rights;
• Respect — for pilots, people, and property;
• Accuracy — share only verified information.

The following is prohibited in spot names, notes, tags, descriptions, names and @usernames, avatars, photos, and report comments:

• insults, bullying, threats; discrimination based on race, nationality, religion, gender, orientation, or disability;
• sexual, violent, or shocking content; calls for violence or self-harm;
• impersonating another person or organization; misleading names and avatars;
• other people's personal data (addresses, phone numbers, faces, license plates) and doxxing;
• spam, advertising, links to third-party resources, commercial offers; unnecessary duplicate spots (exception: the "service center" spot type for real drone service centers, without promotional content);
• malicious content, hacking attempts, automated data collection (scraping), bypassing the app's technical limits;
• fake ratings, votes, and reports; reputation manipulation, multiple accounts for manipulation, ban evasion.

Such content is removed, and the violator's account is blocked.

• Upload only your own photos or photos you have the rights to. Other people's, stock, or copyrighted images are prohibited.
• Photos must not contain people (faces, children), license plates, documents, screens, windows or inner yards of other people's homes, or protected facilities.
• No offensive, explicit, or shocking content; no advertising.
• A photo must show the place: takeoff area, view, access, parking, or a hazard warning. Your avatar may show you, but only you.
• Formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC/HEIF, up to 12 MB.
• Spot photos appear in the gallery after moderator approval. Avatars are visible immediately and reviewed afterwards; a violating avatar will be removed. The number of photos per spot is limited.

• Ratings 1–5: rate honestly and only places you know. You must not rate or verify your own spots, inflate ratings, or change a rating for a reward or under pressure.
• Verification: answer only if you know the answer ("don't know" is a valid answer). Notes (up to 500 characters) must be on topic, without insults or personal data.
• "I've been here" check-ins — only for places you have actually visited.
• Profile: name and @username without insults or advertising, without other people's names or trademarks. Your @username is public; the initial handle is generated automatically from your name — if you do not want to show your real name, change it in your profile.
• Duplicates: before creating a spot, the app suggests checking existing spots nearby — use this and do not create unnecessary duplicates.
• Names and tags: neutral and descriptive; no advertising, private home addresses, or insults.

• New spots do not appear on the map immediately: they become visible after confirmation by community votes (without prior moderator review).
• Edits to existing spots take effect after moderator approval.
• Spot photos are published after approval; avatars are reviewed after publication.
• Reports go to the moderation queue; a moderator makes the decision.
• Moderation may: keep content; hide or archive a spot; reject or remove a photo; reject an edit; remove a verification or report; lower reputation; block an account (temporarily or permanently, with a stated reason); or delete an account.
• When blocked, the app shows a banner with the reason and, for a temporary block, the end date. A blocked account can browse and save spots but cannot add spots, photos, ratings, check-ins, edits, or reports. A temporary block lifts automatically.

In the app (account sign-in required):

• Spot: spot screen → "Report" → choose a reason → optionally add a comment → "Submit";
• Photo: photo menu → "Report Photo";
• Pilot profile: profile screen → "Report".

Report reasons: spam; incorrect information; dangerous location; illegal activity or no-fly zone; duplicate; offensive content; private property; location closed or unavailable; inappropriate photo; other.

You can report the same object only once. Guests cannot send reports from the app — please email us instead.

Without the app: email [email protected] — include the spot name or @username, attach a link or screenshot, and describe the issue. For reports about ratings, notes, and condition reports (not available in the app), please also use email.

We review reports as quickly as possible. A separate notification about the decision is not sent.

If you disagree with a moderation decision (content hidden, reputation lowered, account blocked), email [email protected]: include your @username, the decision in question, and why you believe it is wrong. We will review the decision. The block reason is always shown in the app.

Depending on the violation, we may: remove or hide content; lower reputation; temporarily block the account; block it permanently; or delete the account. For serious violations (threats, illegal content, repeated violations, ban evasion), the account is blocked immediately, without warning.

A blocked user cannot delete their account while the block is in effect — please contact support. Where required by law, we may report violations to the competent authorities.

• A user cannot block another user themselves. If a pilot violates the rules — report them; blocking is applied by moderation.
• The community has no private messages or text comments between pilots.
• There is no pre-moderation of all new spots — the community relies on members' honesty and subsequent review.

• A rating can be removed or changed; a verification vote can be deleted. An avatar can be replaced in the profile.
• A published spot photo cannot be deleted in the app — please contact support.
• Account deletion: Profile (or Settings → Account) → "Delete Account", confirmed by signing in again. Deletion is irreversible.
• After account deletion, the profile, name, avatar, saved spots, and photos pending review are deleted. Spots, published photos, ratings, check-ins, verifications, and reports remain in the community in anonymized form.
• Blocked accounts are deleted via support.

These guidelines are part of the Terms of Use. Data processing is described in the Privacy Policy. By continuing to use the community, you agree to all three documents. In case of conflict, the Terms of Use take precedence.

• Email (reports, inquiries, appeals, rights holder requests): [email protected]
• Telegram: t.me/droneassist_app

Version 1.0, November 4, 2026. We may update these guidelines; the current version is always published on this page. If you disagree with the new version — please delete your account.

Apple and Google are not parties to interactions within the community and are not responsible for user content or moderation. See the Terms of Use for details.