An unexpected sighting during a programme
Permanent venues can establish a receiver and a familiar review routine before a busy weekend. For a temporary event, the useful starting point is a separately planned installation with a clear location, power, internet and a person responsible for the equipment.
A steward reports a drone near the event field. The duty reviewer checks its received position and path, then compares the time with any agreed aerial filming.
After the event, eligible playback and observed activity patterns help the team review the time window alongside the event log. The same reference can be shared with colleagues conducting the debrief.
Questions worth answering
- What movement was recorded around the venue?
- Does the time correspond to planned filming or a demonstration?
- What should the team carry into its post-event review?
The features that fit this setting.
Focus on the event footprint
Available area rules can bring relevant received activity to the duty team’s attention.
Limited rollout · account/channel availability appliesExplore this feature →Explore sustained group movement
Active SWARM highlights received groups showing sustained shared motion, with member details for inspection. It does not establish the purpose or approval of a group.
Live map · received groupsExplore this feature →Keep handovers specific
Share a public track reference with the team so the discussion stays tied to the same observations.
Public track references · available recordingsExplore this feature →Review the event window
Use eligible history to revisit recorded activity and compare timings with the programme.
Sign-in and history entitlement applyExplore this feature →Set an area. Choose what brings you back.
Set the area around the venue or event field being reviewed. Recheck it when the event footprint changes, rather than reusing a previous location without inspection.
Available email or browser notifications can prompt a duty reviewer to open the relevant event. Agree the reviewer and handover arrangements before doors open, and test the chosen channels.
- Choose the place. Use the map’s area-alert entry to select your centre and radius, then name the saved area in your account.
- Choose the activity. Review the rules available to your account and enable the ones relevant to this place.
- Choose the channel. Configure an available email, browser push or webhook channel, check quiet hours and send a test.
- Open the observation. Use the event timeline’s Live or Playback link as available to inspect what triggered your attention.
Area alerts · limited rollout. Account and channel availability apply. Email, opt-in browser push and signed webhooks have separate delivery states; notification timing depends on the rule, quiet hours and delivery channel. Check your account’s options and send a test before building a routine around notifications.
Explore your account’s area-alert options →
An area selects relevant received activity. It does not change the receiver’s listening range or create a flight restriction.
Give the receiver a useful home.
- For a permanent venue, install and review the receiver ahead of the event. For a temporary site, agree equipment, connectivity and installation scope in advance.
- Keep a current schedule of planned filming or drone demonstrations with the person reviewing the map.
- Practise one handover from steward report to map review to event-log entry, and confirm who checks receiver health.
Questions for this setting.
Does SWARM mean a hostile group?
No. It describes sustained shared movement in the received observations. A coordinated display, training activity or another formation needs its own context.
Can we use this at a temporary event?
Discuss the site and the installation plan first. A fixed receiver needs suitable placement, power, connectivity and practical acceptance checks for that deployment.