In the last decade, the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been facing rapid technological development, which results in the usage of a relatively young, yet perspective technological innovation in a wide range of human activities. At the same time the legal aspect of flying UAVs is constantly being adapted to developments of said field, which, due to the increased availability of UAVs, affects more people every year. The key challenge is to effectively inform the public regarding the relevant rules, which many civil aviation agencies, including the Slovenian CAA, have addressed by creating intuitive, yet often imperfect maps of prohibited areas for flying. The purpose of this master’s thesis is to fill many gaps in this field by using geographic information systems and the multi-criteria decision-making method. For this purpose, we, with the help of literature study and over 50 co-speakers, created a comprehensive restriction map in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia, which, unlike the official map, takes into account several legal documents. By including many restricted areas overlooked on the official map, we found that their area exceeds the area on the official map. Furthermore, we upgraded our work by creating a suitability map in the area of the Municipality of Ljubljana, which, with the use of factors, divides the permitted areas according to their degree of suitability and therefore identified areas with the highest level of suitability (Sostro area). Finally, we displayed the results on an interactive online map and established the KAMzDRONOM website, which redirects its users to the relevant map using a questionnaire.
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