Sharing routes via Friends settings or Group

[Ron 33]

We’re a group of car enthusiasts who get together for drives from time to time, organizing around 6–9 trips each year. I’d like to share our full route library (from 2020 to now) with the group.

However, we prefer to keep our routes private. Currently, I’ve set up folders for each year and limited access to “Friends.” The downside is that I need to add many people individually to my account.

Alternatively, I’ve tried using the Group feature and duplicated the same folder structure there so members can access the routes. The drawback of this approach is that all members can also add their own routes to the group.

In your opinion, what’s the better setup:

Using “Friends” in my personal library (with more access management), or

Using a Group (with some ongoing cleanup)?

[Albert van den Elsen]

Hello @ron-33 ,
If you want to share routes with a select group of people, I would recommend using a Group. You can create it as a Private Group and invite your friends to join. Just make sure they all have an MRA account. Once they accept the group invitation, the routes will only be accessible to them. But.....
You can also create an event and invite the group.

[An9dy]

I'm in a similar situation.
Albert vdE: Is it possible to add Tracklogs (not Routes) to a Group?

[Ron 33]

@An9dy said:

I'm in a similar situation.
Albert vdE: Is it possible to add Tracklogs (not Routes) to a Group?

I decided to put my routes in a “Private” folder. The Routes in that folder can be set to “Public” so you can share the link to certain member if needed, but they can’t browse on your account to see all your Routes.

[Hubert Thoring]

Hey @ron-33 ,

Do it directly with the Friends function, that has advantages.

1.) you are master of your routes

2.) you can change without having to upload an update in the group again.

3.) Info etc. then by mail

Disadvantage of a group:

1.) you always have to upload changes again and delete old ones

Idea:

Do it via event, it takes some getting used to but has advantages I think. To do this, you should read the instructions in the Web Planner manual

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mach es direkt mit der Funktion Freunde, das hat Vorteile..

1.) du bist Master deiner Routen
2.) du kannst ändern, ohne erneut in der Gruppe ein Update hochladen zu müssen.
3.) Infos usw. dann per Mail

Nachteil einer Gruppe:
1.) man muss Änderungen immer neu hochladen und altes löschen

Idee:
Mach es über Veranstaltung, ist gewöhnungsbedürftig hat aber Vorteile denke ich. Dazu sollest du die Anweisungen im Web Planer Handbuch lesen

[Brian McG]

@Ron-33 interesting workaround,
saves all the hassle of copying/updating routes in a Group & gets around maintaining a large friends list plus still allows sharing of the route to those with the link, well solved