Straight away I can see use cases for this in construction inspection, surveying, facility management and so on. e.g. “fly around this construction site to ins

Straight away I can see use cases for this in construction inspection, surveying, facility management and so on. e.g. “fly around this construction site to inspect these things from these angles and return to base” or “fly around the exterior of this building capturing detailed footage of these things and looking for any anomalies vs previous survey footage”. I’ve been playing with high resolution satellite photography to identify anomalies on the rooftops of buildings we manage - eg plants growing near critical infrastructure on the roof such as solar panels or smoke vent equipment. Carrying out these inspections manually is often complex and expensive (two man crew, rope access, cherry pickers, etc) and although satellite photography is cheaper it’s still somewhat costly. Another extension of this would be identifying abandoned vehicles on public streets - or in private car parks attached to offices or apartment buildings. At a city/borough level use existing data to identify the areas that tend to be used to adandon vehicles and conduct autonomous fly-by on a regular schedule looking for vehicles and capturing the licence plate details. A vehicle hasn’t moved for 2/4/8 (whatever schedule matches known data) days, maybe not an issue, but check the licence plate and look up to ensure the vehicle is roadworthy and insured (I’m in the UK where we have specific databases for this). If the vehicle hasn’t moved after eg 30 days, contact the owner checking everything is OK. If it’s not moved after then monitor or if other indicators (roadworthy/insured) change begin legal process. This is typically done manually by wardens here in London and because they often miss vehicles that are abandoned unless they are in controlled parking zones - but even then the vehicle might have a 12 month permit but have been abandoned. This is a much bigger problem on private land as often the parking enforcement people don’t visit regularly (or there may be no enforcement) and if the vehicle is abandoned the person doesn’t necessarily care - or may not be receiving - notifications about tickets. Another use case could be public parks - carry out a regular survey, identify any anomalies present against previous survey and flag for manual inspection. You could have a small fleet of these drones which would carry out surveys before opening and after closing, each raised with specific surveys of areas, and on a schedule “check the net of the basketball hoop every third day” or “examine the gates of the tennis courts for signs of rust”.