Agriculture

• Crop monitoring (eg. disease, irrigation)
• Water absorption of soil
• Spraying to manage weeds and other pests
• Precision agriculture (eg. Crop planting)

Aquaculture

• Farm monitoring

Climate monitoring

• Hurricane hunters
• Meteorology

Communications

• Communication and broadband services
• Satellite augmentation systems
• Radio relay

Environmental

• Assessing and monitoring pollution
• Air quality management/control
• Cryospheric research- Arctic and Antarctic
• Ozone monitoring
• Reclamation efforts
• Remote research
• Wildlife monitoring and behavioral research
• Insect behavior/ communication research
• Forest and prairie monitoring
• Erosion monitoring
• Digital mapping & planning/land management
• Volcano monitoring
• Snow pack avalanche monitoring

Emergency

• Detecting and disabling bombs
• Recognizing and mitigating hostage situations
• Search and rescue
• Distribute medical supplies in emergency/epidemic situations

Mineral exploration/exploitation

Fire

• Detection, monitoring and analysis
• Fire fighting management

Fishery Applications

• Health of fish
• Migration patterns

Forestry

• Tree disease detection and monitoring
• Cutting and harvesting trees

Home - domestic use

• Disability and home care aides
• Home maintenance and cleaning
• Teaching

Industrial

• Pipeline management and detection (eg. leaks, surveying, security)
• Spill tracking
• Power transmission line monitoring
• Infrastructure - Monitoring buildings and bridges for defects and damage
• Runway inspection

Law Enforcement

• Crime scene assessments and monitoring
• SWAT missions
• Narcotic sensors

Mapping and Surveying

Marketing

• Real-estate marketing
• Golf resorts

Media Resources

• News broadcasting
• Sports broadcasting/videos

Oceanography

• Undersea mapping
• Coral monitoring
• Vegetation monitoring
• Temperature and current measurement

Office Support

Photography

• For Real-estate marketing, Golf Resorts etc.
• Advertising

Remote Sensing

Safety

• Shark Watch/Patrol
• Concert/Sport stadium Security

Security

• Law enforcement
• Border and coastal
• Monitoring Surveillance of establishments
• Poaching patrol

Transportation

• Of goods
• Of people
• Ground traffic monitoring
• Air traffic control support

Water Management

• Detecting and continually monitoring river/water levels, flood alerts
• Pollution monitoring
• Temperature and flow measurement