# Long-trail record. Field meanings: docs/schema.md in this repository.

id = "great-eastern"
name = "Great Eastern Trail"
short_name = "GET"
country = "US"
regions = ["AL", "GA", "TN", "KY", "VA", "WV", "MD", "PA", "NY"]
length_km = 3200
length_note = "about 2,000 mi"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Great Eastern Trail Association; links existing trails"
wave = "held"
wave_note = "Held: a composite of existing trails, not one designated trail."

[source]
status = "osm-only"
publisher = "Great Eastern Trail Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11364314"
discovery = "osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(ID); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes"
format = "OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "ODbL-1.0"
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 track included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 11385238."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
mainline = "OSM carries it as per-trail relations (Tuscarora, C&O Canal 11385238, TuNuGu, Pine Mountain Link...). Mostly other named trails joined."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
line_absent_reason = "No track is included. Not downloaded. Could be dropped as a composite of trails already on the list."

[osm]
relation = 11385238
note = "Several relations."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = ""
contact = "Great Eastern Trail Association"
note = "No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "Great Eastern Trail Association"

[verification]
verified = false
note = "Not downloaded. Could be dropped as a composite of trails already on the list."