Designated trail

Great Divide Trail GDT

Great Divide Trail Association · Alberta, British Columbia, Canada

Published length: 1,130 km702 miabout 700 mi
Measured line: 1,129.5 km702 mi0.0% against published
Line: In the datasetLicence: ODbL 1.0
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more

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Main line

Line: OpenStreetMap, read 2026-11-09, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Main line1,129.5 km measured in 2 parts · OpenStreetMap

Main line: GPX, 736 KB Main line: GeoJSON, 1.8 MB

Credit the source

Licence: ODbL 1.0

Lines from OpenStreetMap need the credit “© OpenStreetMap contributors” and stay under the ODbL (share-alike).

release.txt: the source, licence and date the line files came from.

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: Great Divide Trail Association
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: AB BC (Alberta, British Columbia), Canada
Published length: 1,130 km702 miabout 700 mi. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: GDT
Record ID: great-divide-trailStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-09

Measured: YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published: 1,130 km702 mi
Measured: 1,129.5 km702 migeodesic, from the line
Difference: 0.0%measured minus published
Parts: 2pieces left after joining ends within 100 m

Within 15% of the published length Beyond 15%: the record must say why

The sections give 1,129.5 km in 2 parts, 0.0% against 1,130 km. Every sub-relation is part of the main line; no alternates are mapped.

Source and licence

Line in this dataset: line.geojsonThe main line file of the record
Source status: OpenStreetMap onlyThe only source is an OpenStreetMap route relation
Publisher: Great Divide Trail Association (account 'GreatDivideTrail', public map)
Publisher’s page: https://services3.arcgis.com/C81OzXdcmAdhlUpR/arcgis/rest/services/Amiga_Public_WFL1/FeatureServer/2
Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8139599Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source: OpenStreetMap
Format: OpenStreetMap super-relation 8139599 with its 41 sub-relations, read through Overpass with all member ways
Main line: Super-relation 8139599 joins sections A to G, each a sub-relation of segment relations, all in the main role. No alternates are mapped.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Coordinates: EPSG:4326What the source stores; published files are longitude/latitude (EPSG:4326)
Licence: ODbL 1.0
Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)The credit line to show, as the source asks
May be passed on: YesThe source's terms allow its line to be passed on
OpenStreetMap only: YesOpenStreetMap is the only source of the included line
Source checked: 2026-11-09
Newer release?: osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(8139599); out meta; (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changesHow to tell whether the source has a newer release
Decision: Included with its name and logo. The line is from OpenStreetMap.

What the source says

OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (share-alike). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The OpenStreetMap copyright page states: 'You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.' (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright, read 2026-11-09). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 8139599. The publisher's own line is not licensed for redistribution and is not used.

With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 8139599
Note: Super-relation 8139599 with 41 sub-relations (sections A to G and their pieces). Downloaded 2026-11-09.

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to Great Divide Trail Association. It is not covered by this dataset’s licences, and no right to use it for any other purpose is given or implied.

A holder who wants a logo removed, replaced or credited differently can ask; see Logos.

Status: Logo in useThe trail has a logo
Holder: Great Divide Trail Association
Taken from: https://greatdividetrail.com/
File: shield.png
Note: No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.

Every field of the record, with its exact value

As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.

Field	Value
`id`	great-divide-trail
`name`	Great Divide Trail
`short_name`	GDT
`country`	CA
`regions[0]`	AB
`regions[1]`	BC
`length_km`	1130
`length_note`	about 700 mi
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Great Divide Trail Association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	osm-only
`source.publisher`	Great Divide Trail Association (account 'GreatDivideTrail', public map)
`source.publisher_url`	https://services3.arcgis.com/C81OzXdcmAdhlUpR/arcgis/rest/services/Amiga_Public_WFL1/FeatureServer/2
`source.url`	https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8139599
`source.discovery`	osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(8139599); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes
`source.format`	OpenStreetMap super-relation 8139599 with its 41 sub-relations, read through Overpass with all member ways
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	ODbL-1.0
`source.licence_text`	OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (share-alike). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The OpenStreetMap copyright page states: 'You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.' (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright, read 2026-11-09). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 8139599. The publisher's own line is not licensed for redistribution and is not used.
`source.attribution`	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
`source.osm_only`	true
`source.mainline`	Super-relation 8139599 joins sections A to G, each a sub-relation of segment relations, all in the main role. No alternates are mapped.
`source.decision`	included-named
`source.decision_text`	Included with its name and logo. The line is from OpenStreetMap.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-09
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	OpenStreetMap
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	8139599
`osm.note`	Super-relation 8139599 with 41 sub-relations (sections A to G and their pieces). Downloaded 2026-11-09.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://greatdividetrail.com/
`shield.contact`	Great Divide Trail Association
`shield.note`	No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.
`shield.logo_file`	shield.png
`shield.logo_owner`	Great Divide Trail Association
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-09
`verification.measured_km`	1129.5
`verification.difference_percent`	0.0
`verification.parts`	2
`verification.note`	The sections give 1,129.5 km in 2 parts, 0.0% against 1,130 km. Every sub-relation is part of the main line; no alternates are mapped.