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Data credits

Updated November 4, 2026

Trail Finder is built on open data from the people and governments below. Thank you. Trail Finder is not affiliated with any of them, and none of them endorses the app.

Trails, roads and places

© OpenStreetMap contributors
Open Database License (ODbL). Most trails, roads, huts, parking and places. Fix a mistake on openstreetmap.org.
Geofabrik
OpenStreetMap extracts for Canada (ODbL).
Overpass API (overpass-api.de, private.coffee)
Live OpenStreetMap queries outside the home areas.
Nominatim, Photon (komoot)
Place search, from OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
GeoNames
Town list, CC BY 4.0.
Valhalla (FOSSGIS)
Hiking and moto routes, on OpenStreetMap.
camptocamp.org
Ski routes, CC BY-SA.
Hokkaido Wilds
Japan ski tours and huts (Japan only), linked to their pages.

Maps and photos from above

OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles
Main map, from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). OpenMapTiles schema, BSD and CC BY.
OpenStreetMap, OSM France, CyclOSM, OpenTopoMap, CARTO
Extra map styles: map data ODbL, styles CC BY-SA.
Powered by Esri: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics and the GIS User Community
Summer satellite photos (World Imagery) and Esri Wayback.
NASA GIBS, NASA HLS (Landsat and Sentinel-2)
Clouds and the newest clear satellite photo.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (ESA)
Winter satellite photos, processed by Trail Finder.
Mapterhorn, Mapzen Terrain Tiles on AWS
Heights, 3D terrain, slope angle and contour lines.
Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)
Japan topo map (Japan only).

Weather, snow and avalanches

Open-Meteo
Weather, soil moisture (loam), snow, marine forecasts and heights, CC BY 4.0.
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Radar, FireWork smoke, hydrometric data (river flow), Open Government Licence - Canada.
Avalanche Canada
Avalanche forecasts, shown with a link to the full bulletin.
Parks Canada
Rogers Pass restricted areas and winter permits, park passes.
BC River Forecast Centre, VIU Hydromet
Snow stations and backcountry weather stations.
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
Japan snow depth (Japan only).
Ski resorts and lift operators
Lift status and webcams, linked to each resort’s own page.

Governments

Government of Canada
Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (Natural Resources Canada), Canada Lands Survey System, Fisheries and Oceans Canada tides and fishing rules, ISED National Broadband Data (cell coverage), Open Government Licence - Canada.
British Columbia
DataBC forest roads, recreation sites, logging, parcels and forest inventory, BC Parks, BC Wildfire Service, DriveBC (Open511), Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC stocking, Open Government Licence - British Columbia. ParcelMap BC (LTSA).
Towns, regional districts and trail groups
Trail grades, directions and facts: District of Squamish (Open Government Licence - Squamish), Resort Municipality of Whistler (Open Government Licence - RMOW), Columbia Shuswap Regional District, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, City of Vernon and Tourism Vernon, Fernie Trails Alliance, Cranbrook Community Forest Society, Kimberley Nature Park Society, SORCA trail reports, the Pemberton Valley Recreation Trails Master Plan, and resort and club trail maps, each summarised in our own words and linked on the trail.
Alberta
Alberta Wildfire, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Alberta Parks, hunting regulations and draws, Merged Wetland Inventory, Open Government Licence - Alberta.
Québec
Données Québec, MELCCFP, MRNF (cadastre, lake depths, fishing), Québec 511, CC BY 4.0.
Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources (Land Information Ontario), Ontario Parks, Open Government Licence - Ontario.
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Lake depths, parcels, forest roads, road status, seasons and fishing rules, under each government’s open licence.
Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland)
Tree cover loss (logging outside BC and Quebec), CC BY 4.0.

Photos

Wikimedia Commons
Hut and place photos, each under its own open licence, with the author named on the photo.
Riders
Photos, trail reports and grades posted in the app by the people who use it.

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