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ZAN-RN-016Concept noteResearch question

Geospatial AI assurance protocol

A concept note scoping the first applied domain protocol: adapting Zansn's evaluation harness to geospatial and environmental intelligence workflows.

geospatial AIremote sensingdistribution shiftdomain assurance
Technical uncertainty

Whether reliability metrics built for text and tool-using agents transfer to geospatial workflows without modification, or require domain-specific scorers for spatial, temporal, and sensor distribution shift.

Expected evidence
  • Geospatial shift-test fixture set
  • Domain-specific scorer design
  • Comparison against general evaluation harness baseline
Next experiment

Run a remote-sensing classification workflow through the general evaluation harness and a geography/sensor-shifted holdout set, then compare degradation patterns.

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Hypothesis

Geospatial AI assurance requires domain-specific shift tests, covering sensor type, geography, and time, layered on top of the general evaluation harness, because standard benchmark scores do not capture distribution-shift robustness.

Scope

The first applied domain wedge

Geospatial and environmental intelligence workflows are Zansn's first applied domain program, chosen because robustness, uncertainty, and data quality are directly testable and map to real-world decisions in remote sensing, agriculture, infrastructure, and disaster response.

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