Aerial photography is used in many different sorts of applications in the world today. In fact, aerial photography has, in all likelihood, impacted an important area of your life without you even realising it. These applications include, but are not limited to:

• Cartography: A process that is used in photogrammetric surveys, the basis for topographic maps.
• Land-use planning: A method by which the ideal usage of a piece of land is determined.
• Archaeology: Studying a given area for potential archaeological sites.
• Movie production: Evaluating a potential area for filming.
• Environmental studies: Charting the environmental changes that have occurred in a given area.
• Surveillance: Making sure that an area has not been compromised or occupied by hostile forces.
• Commercial advertising: Obtaining photographs that can be used to create commercial ads.
• Artistic projects: Creating artistic projects either using or incorporating aerial photographs.
• Environmental Site Assessments: Examining a particular area and evaluating the environmental status and/or damage that has taken place over a set period of time.
• Real-estate advertising: Using aerial photographs to present visually appealing advertising materials that illustrate the exact design, nature and characteristics of the property in question. This helps in increasing the value of the property.

Skyworks Aerial Photography is a firm based in Victoria, Australia. Skyworks offers a large number of services in the field of aerial photography. Skyworks also offers other photographic services, such as low-level photography, which is done using either a telescopic mast or a blimp. For more information, please visit the company website at www.skyworks.com.au