How to trust AI-generated maps

The increasing potential role of artificial intelligence (AI) in generating maps leads to the need for robust criteria and plausibility checks to ensure their trustworthiness.This paper develops a framework of key criteria and indicators for assessing the plausibility of maps produced by AI, as well as systematic methodologies to judge their trustworthiness.The discussion focuses on technical, contextual, and ethical dimensions, aiming to establish a comprehensive framework for evaluating AI-generated cartographic outputs, following respective rationales (Ceballos et al.