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

id = "rideau-trail"
name = "Rideau Trail"
short_name = "RT"
country = "CA"
regions = ["ON"]
length_km = 387
length_note = "387 km published"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Rideau Trail Association"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "osm-only"
publisher = "Rideau Trail Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7675635"
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 7675635."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
mainline = "OSM 7675635 (super-relation) over Ottawa, Central and Kingston sections. An ArcGIS item under 'an ArcGIS account' (2021) exists; provenance unknown."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"
length_gap_note = "The three main sections (Ottawa, Central, Kingston) give 325.3 km in 1 part, -15.9% against 387 km. The 14 local blue side loops (108.8 km) are in alternates.geojson and are not part of the published length. Road links between sections are under-mapped in OSM. Kept as the best available track."

[osm]
relation = 7675635
note = "Downloaded 2026-11-08; release.txt has the relation version and timestamp."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://www.rideautrail.org/"
contact = "Rideau Trail Association"
note = "No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark."
logo_file = "shield.png"
logo_owner = "Rideau Trail Association"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-08"
measured_km = 325.3
difference_percent = -15.9
parts = 1
note = "The three main sections (Ottawa, Central, Kingston) give 325.3 km in 1 part, -15.9% against 387 km. The 14 local blue side loops (108.8 km) are in alternates.geojson and are not part of the published length. Road links between sections are under-mapped in OSM. Kept as the best available track."