Aerial Photography
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
