SERIES2 OF 3 PUBLISHED

AI Agents for Geospatial Automation

A 3-part technical series on how AI agents actually automate legacy GIS workflows. Not chatbots. Not copilots. Agents that do the work.

3 parts

50 min total

AVAILABLE18 min

Beyond the Chatbot

Why generic LLMs fail at GIS and what actually works. The dual-agent architecture that makes production-grade automation possible.

→Why 'chat with your data' misses the point
→The Architect + Auditor pattern
→When AI agents aren't the answer

AVAILABLE20 min

Real Architecture, Real Failures, Real Results

The actual architecture (LangGraph + sandbox), failure modes (40% of first attempts), costs ($0.50-$2 per workflow), and when to use humans instead.

→Dual-agent pattern (Builder + Auditor)
→Honest failure modes and costs
→When AI agents make things worse

COMING SOON12 min

When AI Agents Aren't the Answer

Credibility through honesty. The workflows that shouldn't be automated, and how to know the difference.

→Judgment-heavy vs execution-heavy
→The documentation prerequisite
→Better replaced than migrated

BEGIN THE SERIES

Start with Part 1:
Beyond the Chatbot

Learn why generic LLMs fail at GIS automation and how dual-agent architectures solve the validation problem that makes single-agent systems dangerous for production workflows.

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