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Re:Google SWE points 48 AI agents at NASA Lidar, finds unmap... by bobosola on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:33AM (#50453925)
The National Library of Scotland has LIDAR imagery for all of the UK. Go to https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/ then pick a LIDAR layer as the background. This motivated me to make my own high-res LIDAR images on my hobby site (https://solentmaps.uk/) of my home area using QGIS with free government data in order to uncover interesting things. It has old OS maps of the UK (1880s to date) with a LIDAR layer for my local area (south Hampshire).
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Re:Google SWE points 48 AI agents at NASA Lidar, finds unmap... by DrBazza on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:19AM (#50454472)
I'm far less interested in LIDAR as it relies on height change. The drought pictures are a better source of new discovery in the UK as we tend to bury buildings or plough over them (see my other comment below).

Those pictures would be very appropriate for AI bots to look at and make discoveries.

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