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

id = "sentier-international-appalaches"
name = "Sentier international des Appalaches (International Appalachian Trail, Quebec and New Brunswick)"
short_name = "IAT-CA"
country = "CA"
regions = ["QC", "NB"]
length_km = 1177
length_note = "about 650 km in Quebec (SIA-QC) plus about 527 km in New Brunswick; Maine section not in this record"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Sentier international des Appalaches; International Appalachian Trail"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "osm-only"
publisher = "Sentier international des Appalaches (Québec); IAT New Brunswick (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9318808"
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 9318808."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
mainline = "OSM 9318808 plus six SIA section relations; New Brunswick 6544824."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"

[osm]
relation = 9318808
note = "Downloaded 2026-11-08; release.txt has the relation version and timestamp."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://www.sia-iat.com/"
contact = "Sentier international des Appalaches"
note = "International Appalachian Trail logo (mountain mark) from SIA-IAT Quebec's own site sia-iat.com. The trail's GR A1 blaze is a separate red-and-white mark."
logo_file = "shield.png"
logo_owner = "Sentier international des Appalaches"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-08"
measured_km = 1164.3
difference_percent = -1.1
parts = 2
note = "Quebec (9318808) and New Brunswick (6544824) together: 1,164.3 km in 2 parts, -1.1% against 1,177 km (650 km Quebec plus 527 km New Brunswick). The earlier +16.4% used a 1,000 km published figure that understates New Brunswick."