Privacy Policy

What this site does

Drone GSD provides a browser-based calculator for drone mapping, photogrammetry, mission overlap, route planning, area coverage, and storage estimation. The app runs client-side and can also accept optional feedback submissions through the contact widget.

Information we process

We process information you choose to submit, such as optional name, optional email address, and feedback message content through the contact widget. We also process technical and usage information through analytics and advertising technologies when allowed by your consent choices and applicable law.

Cookies, local storage, and consent

Drone GSD uses browser storage and similar technologies for core functionality and site preferences, including theme settings and calculator-related client-side behavior. Where required, consent for analytics and advertising technologies is managed through Google's certified consent tooling. For visitors in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, Google Analytics and advertising storage remain blocked until consent is granted through the applicable Google message. In regions where the applicable Google message operates on an opt-out basis, analytics may remain enabled unless the visitor explicitly opts out. You can revisit and manage available choices through the Privacy Choices control when revocation is available for your session.

Analytics, advertising, and affiliate relationships

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand site usage and Google AdSense to display advertising inventory. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

If Google Privacy & Messaging or similar consent tools are shown on this site, those tools are intended to help users manage advertising and consent preferences directly from Drone GSD. Message behavior can vary by jurisdiction. For example, some European visitors are asked for opt-in consent before analytics or advertising storage is enabled, while certain US state visitors may be shown opt-out controls for sale or sharing choices. We may also include Amazon Associates affiliate links in recommendation sections. Those links may generate commissions if you make qualifying purchases after clicking them. Affiliate links are disclosed on-page and in the Affiliate Disclosure page.

Third-party processors and services

Depending on the feature you use, third parties may process data on our behalf or as independent controllers under their own terms. These providers currently include Google services for analytics, consent, and advertising, Amazon for affiliate referral tracking after outbound clicks, Web3Forms for contact submissions, and infrastructure providers required to host or deliver the site.

How we use information

We use information to operate the calculator, maintain site security and performance, measure product usage, understand high-level engagement trends, render advertising placements, process optional feedback, and improve the tool for drone mapping operators.

Contact and updates

If you have a privacy-related request or question, use the site's contact channel and include enough detail for us to understand the request. We may update this policy from time to time as the site, vendors, or compliance posture changes. Material changes will be reflected by updating the date shown above. See our Terms of Service for usage conditions and operator responsibilities.