The aerial photography could be applied in many different fields. Some examples of them are:

• Aerial photography & video (producers)
• Cinematographic aerial shots
• Advertising

More in details, the most commonly known technical applications are:

• Power line inspection
• Railway track monitoring
• Science & research missions
• Environment research studies and missions
• Earth observation and topography
• Critical infrastructure inspection
• Historical monument inspection
• Thermal imaging of buildings (heat wastage)
• Magnetic field surveys
• Aerial pollution monitoring
• Wildlife monitoring (inventory, migration, conservation)
• Fishery control (in-shore)
• Fishery control (off-shore)
• Ozone level measurement
• Poaching patrol & wildlife preservation
• Coastal erosion monitoring
• Sandbank shift measurement
• Glacier & ice cap monitoring
• Snow pack & avalanche monitoring
• Meteorological missions
• Weather assessment & measurements
• Weather research
• Atmospheric measurements
• Climate monitoring
• Coastal zone studies and mapping
• Open sea research support
• Marine mammal monitoring
• Cryospheric research (Artic/Antarctic)
• Glacier & ice cap monitoring
• Ice pack patrol
• Iceberg surveillance & tracking
• Ice navigation assistance (for icebreakers & ice-breaking ships)
• Atmospheric chemistry and radiation (in situ) measurements
• Volcano monitoring
• Aerial mineral exploration
• Survey of drilling sites for oil & gas industry
• Oil & gas pipeline monitoring
• Oil spill & oil slick detection & monitoring
• Inspection of oil tanker cargo tanks