AI agents find unmapped Maya site in Mexico using NASA LiDAR data in 72 hours
stealthispost · reddit · 2026-11-11
A Redditor claims their AI agents used a NASA LiDAR dataset to find an unmapped Maya site in Mexico — 72 hours from a vacation thought to a reply from Mexico's national archaeology institute. The image is a NASA G-LiHT (2013) LiDAR terrain render. A striking case of AI plus public remote-sensing data in real archaeology.
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