Observed arrival · 2026-11-13
Shipwreck AI’s North Carolina wreck-search test
An early research project explores combining seafloor survey data and historical wreck records to identify places worth investigating.
- For
- Researchers and experienced wreck-search divers
- Worth noticing
- The North Carolina relief test flagged 9 of 59 covered wreck windows and 10 of 186 controls; shoals and data artifacts also triggered it.
Field notes
The North Carolina proof of concept uses NOAA BlueTopo bathymetry at a 4 m grid and merges 103,819 public wreck records from three source collections, including overlapping records. Its initial terrain-relief screen flagged 9 of 59 charted wreck windows with at least 90% coverage, while 10 of 186 control windows also triggered; the page notes shoals and data artifacts as false positives. A shape-aware model is described as a next step, not a deployed detection system.
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