Publishing and Sharing Routes

Publish a saved route#

1. Open Saved Routes.
2. Select Share for the route.
3. Enter a public title and description.
4. Enter only a safe public start label such as a town or landmark.
5. Review the automatically derived final destination.
6. Optionally set an expiry date.
7. Choose route theme, recommended duration and suitability notes.
8. Choose discoverability:

• Anyone with the link: unlisted and not intended for search indexing.
• Apply for Community Routes: requires administrator review.

1. Choose whether signed-in travellers may save private copies.
2. Choose traveller, business or FarmGateRun attribution where permitted.
3. Add optional public notes for each stop.
4. Select Publish and Share.

Publishing creates a fixed snapshot. Later private edits are not public until Publish Route Changes is selected.

Shared-route privacy#

• Private notes are not copied into the public version.
• GPS coordinates and private/home starting addresses are not published.
• If an exact public address is deliberately entered, the creator must confirm it is safe to publish.
• Choosing a private current location while viewing a shared route does not change the published route.

Share and print#

A published route can provide:

• Permanent FarmGateRun link
• Copy-link and native share actions
• Facebook, WhatsApp and email sharing
• Web and high-resolution QR downloads
• SVG QR download
• Printable route card
• Website button and linked-QR HTML
• Aggregate activity such as views, QR visits, map opens and saved copies

Manage sharing#

• Make private: deactivates the public link.
• Reactivate same link: restores the existing link.
• Regenerate link: permanently invalidates the old link and creates a new one.
• Publish Route Changes: publishes a new version of the snapshot.

Use another person’s shared route#

• View it without changing your private route.
• Select Add These Stops to My Route to add available stops; duplicates are skipped.
• Select Save a private copy when copying is allowed and you are signed in.
• Choose a private start and open the ordered route in Google Maps.
• Report an incorrect, unsafe, private, copyrighted, misleading, broken or spam route.