How this works.
Six surfaces, fit together on purpose. Here's where to find what.
UFFDA is a small site. The whole thing is six pages, each with a job. Most of them are open to anyone; two of them are for Pioneers, the closed beta cohort we're growing slowly so we can keep the work close to the people using it.
This page is a guide. If you've already poked around and have the lay of the land, you don't need it. If you're new, or you want to know where you fit if you'd like to add something to UFFDA, read on.
Most people move through it like this.
You don't have to follow the order — wander as you please — but if it helps to have a path, this is the one we designed for. Most of UFFDA is open to anyone; the Pioneer-only surfaces (Commons + Sandbox) sit on the far side of the JOIN step.
Land on the front page. Get the gist.
Become a Pioneer in our community. Set up a login, claim your handle, fill out your profile.
What each one is for.
A short description of what each page is, what you do there, and who can see it. Click a name to go straight to it.
- What it is
The front door. The shortest possible explanation of what UFFDA is and why it exists.
What you doGet oriented. Decide whether to head to the map or browse the catalog first.
- What it is
The atlas. Field boundaries plus the layers we've gathered for them — crops, rotation zones, soils, vegetation, drought, weather — with the licensing question already answered.
What you doPan to a place you care about. Click a field. Read what's known about it. Trust what you see, because every line of data tells you who owns it and what you're allowed to do.
- What it is
The catalog of every dataset we touch, with the license decoded into plain English.
What you doPick your use case (mapping fields, looking at soils, checking weather), pick your intent (personal, research, commercial, AI training), and see which datasets are usable for what you're trying to do — without calling a lawyer.
- What it is
The thread board for Pioneers. Layer requests, builds people are shipping, opinions about ag data, offerings.
What you doAsk for a layer that's missing. Share what you built with UFFDA. Find people working on the same problems you are.
- What it is
The roadmap, but as an invitation. Half-built layers, mini-games, articles, demos — Pioneers can claim a tile or contribute one.
What you doSee what's coming. Play with what's live. Claim a tile if you want to build it. The iframe-widget lane is open; ship a self-contained tile and it lands here, attributed.
- What it is
Your spot on UFFDA. Identity, account settings, invite codes for friends.
What you doSet how you show up in Commons. Generate an invite code for someone you'd want here. Saved fields, contributions, badges come as they earn their spot.
Talk, build, code.
UFFDA grows when the people using it add to it. Three lanes, listed roughly in order of how much lift each takes.
→ Commons
Drop a request for a layer. Post about something you built. Start a conversation. Pioneer-only.
→ Sandbox
Submit a widget, a layer, a link card, or an article — and have it land here, attributed. The iframe lane is open; the others follow.
→ uffda-ag
Open-source repos for the data pipelines and sandbox runtime. Growing one at a time as pieces prove out and earn their own spot.
◆ One ask
If something on UFFDA doesn't make sense, doesn't load, or doesn't feel right, tell us →
We read every message. Pioneer feedback is what reorders the roadmap; outsider feedback is how we find the rough edges before Pioneers do.