Understand what is live, what is private, and where to get help.

Core participation is intended to remain free. OpenSoil currently has no advertising and does not sell user information. A future sustainability model must not quietly weaken user ownership or evidence transparency.

Create an account, ask and answer evidence-aware questions, privately upload and verify a soil laboratory PDF or CSV, share or import soil tests, explore the world map, plan a replicated field trial, build its evidence timeline, compare method-matched tests, run transparent conversions, and register versioned methods or tools. General file uploads and advanced statistical workflows are still being built.

The current soil-question and support forms enter a private administration inbox. They are not automatically published. Do not include exact coordinates, confidential business information, or third-party personal information unless it is necessary and you have permission.

No. Google performs authentication. OpenSoil stores the verified identity needed for your account and an opaque OpenSoil session, but it does not store your Google password, access token, refresh token, or ID token.

No. The planned data model supports private, collaborator, group, anonymized-public, public, and embargoed visibility. Current private forms should use a general region unless more precision is truly needed.

No. Educational content and community discussion are informational. Management decisions should account for local conditions, labels, regulations, laboratory methods, crop requirements, and qualified professional guidance.

Yes, when commercial interests are disclosed and claims include relevant methods, context, comparisons, and limitations. Undisclosed promotion, fabricated testimonials, and spam are not allowed.

Use the support form and select Privacy or data request. Include the Google account email involved and enough detail to locate the record. OpenSoil may need to verify the request before changing account data.