docs/USER_GUIDE.md

User Guide: Ghana Agricultural Geospatial Layers

What this repository is

Catalogue and builder guidance for Ghana-relevant soil, water-productivity, and geospatial layers where bulk payloads require source-specific retrieval.

How to use it

1. Start with data/dataset_registry.parquet to understand source coverage, license status, access class, and limitations.
2. Check metadata/SOURCE_MANIFEST.json before using any source-specific file.
3. If data/source/ exists, those files are copied source payloads that passed this release's redistribution gate.
4. If data/processed/crop_observations.parquet exists, use it for long-format analysis with row-level provenance.
5. If a row is controlled, restricted, application-required, or unclear-license, use the metadata and source URL to obtain authorization from the original publisher. Do not treat the row as redistributed data.

Included payload status

• Source payload files: 0
• Processed crop observation rows: 0
• Benchmark rows: 0

Attribution

Credit the original data producer named in the registry for any source data. Credit Sinuosity Physical Intelligence Lab for the interoperability, provenance, processing, and benchmark packaging layer.