1 Introduction
2 Aerial Surveillance
2.1 Advantages and Challenges
2.2 State of Aerial Surveillance
3 Aerial Human Detection
3.1 Challenges for Aerial Human Detection
3.2 Datasets for Aerial Human Detection
3.3 Approaches for Aerial Human Detection
3.4 Techniques to Solve Aerial Detection Challenges
3.5 Techniques to Improve Aerial Human Detection
3.6 Insights from the Competitions
3.7 Aerial Human Detection Beyond Visible
4 Aerial Human Tracking
4.1 Challenges for Aerial Human Tracking
4.2 Datasets for Aerial Human Tracking
4.3 Approaches for Aerial Human Tracking
4.4 Techniques to Solve Aerial Tracking Challenges
4.5 Techniques to Improve Aerial Human Tracking
4.6 Insights from the Competitions
4.7 Aerial Human Tracking Beyond Visible
5 Aerial Human Identification
5.1 Aerial Face Recognition
5.2 Aerial Gait Recognition
5.3 Aerial Person Re-ID
6 Aerial Human Action Recognition
6.1 Challenges for Aerial Action Recognition
6.2 Datasets for Aerial Action Recognition
6.3 Approaches for Aerial Action Recognition
6.4 Techniques to Solve Aerial Action Recognition Challenges
7 An Outlook: Aerial Surveillance in Next Era
7.1 Challenges and Under-Investigated Tasks
7.2 Open Issues
8 Concluding Remarks