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

id = "palmetto"
name = "Palmetto Trail"
short_name = "PT"
country = "US"
regions = ["SC"]
length_km = 800
length_note = "about 500 mi"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Palmetto Conservation Foundation"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "osm-only"
publisher = "Palmetto Conservation Foundation (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5385288"
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 5385288."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
mainline = "OSM carries about 27 passage relations."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"
length_gap_note = "OSM passages give 554.3 km in 9 parts against 800 km (500 mi) planned. The Palmetto Trail is not finished: built passages are what is mapped, and gaps are unbuilt, not unmapped. Kept as built segments, like the Ice Age pattern."

[osm]
relation = 5385288
note = "One of 27 passages."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://palmettoconservation.org/"
contact = "Palmetto Conservation Foundation"
note = "No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark."
logo_file = "shield.svg"
logo_owner = "Palmetto Conservation Foundation"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-08"
measured_km = 554.3
difference_percent = -30.7
parts = 9
note = "OSM passages give 554.3 km in 9 parts against 800 km (500 mi) planned. The Palmetto Trail is not finished: built passages are what is mapped, and gaps are unbuilt, not unmapped. Kept as built segments, like the Ice Age pattern."