It seems the hobbyists Drone may be overtaken by the more professional use of such devises seeing that not only are the Police, Fire Brigades and Surveyor's using them but its being promoted as a very essential tool in Agriculture.
In Orange soon will be the Australian National Field Days covering all aspects of Farming and Grazing and in a newspaper supplement are articles by 2 exhibitors for what they now call 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicles'.
One offers a fixed wing version which they say is able to fly in windier conditions than the Quad Motor type and needs almost no skill to operate as the details for a flight are entered into a Laptop before hand and once the UAV is launched, it can then carry out the program and return to Base when finished.
In all cases various types of Cameras can be fitted to analyse crop conditions, observe stock locations and check for any boundary problems that need attention.

Its getting so those of you who think by going to a rural area you will have the Sky to yourself to use your UAV freely may find yourselves battling for space the same there as you would in more populated areas.