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Friends map: see where your friends are on the road

Travelling in two vehicles, or friends touring the same region? With the friends map in AlpRoute you see roughly where they are — and for each friend you decide how precisely they see you.

Published 10 November 2026

Who wrote this. This guide is published by AlpRoute, a map and route-planning app for motorhomes, campervans and motorcycles. It describes the friends map as it works on 10 November 2026.

The short answer

The friends map is free and off until you turn it on. Only people you invited, or whose invitation you accepted, can be your friends. By default they see an approximate area of about 3 km; for each friend you can choose “Exact” or “Hidden” instead.

How it works

Set it up in five steps

Sign in, then open Friends in the menu. Choose a nickname and an avatar — a motorhome, a motorcycle or a person you build yourself.
Create an invitation link and note who it is for. Each link works once and is valid for 14 days. You can also invite someone who already uses AlpRoute by email address.
Your friend opens the link and accepts. You get a notification in the app when that happens.
Tap Friends at the bottom of the button column on the left of the map (or in Filters) and agree once. Your friends appear with their avatar and the time of their last update.
Under How should they see me? choose for each friend: About 3 km, Exact or Hidden.

Open the app

Your privacy

You stay in control

Off by default. Nothing is shared until you turn the friends map on and allow location access.
Friends only. People who are not your friends cannot see you on the friends map. You see your friends only while you share too.
About 3 km by default. The area is calculated on our server, so the friend’s app never receives your exact position unless you choose “Exact” for them.
Ghost mode hides you straight away and deletes your stored location. Turning the friends map off does the same.
No history. We keep only your last location. It is hidden from friends after 24 hours without an update and deleted 7 days after the last update.

Details: Privacy policy — Friends

Good to know

What the friends map is — and is not

It is not live tracking. Your position is updated only while AlpRoute is open on your screen, at most about every two minutes — never in the background.
It does not share routes or plans, and it is not a convoy function.
Devices with poor location accuracy (for example, many desktop browsers) do not share a position, so a friend does not suddenly appear in the wrong city.
Friends who can see you could take a screenshot. Choose “Exact” only for people you trust.

Frequently asked questions

Is the friends map free?

Yes. The friends map is free for everyone with an AlpRoute account; it is not part of AlpRoute Pro.

Is it live tracking?

No. Your position is updated only while the app is open on your screen, at most about every two minutes. With the app closed, friends see your last update, and after 24 hours without an update you are hidden.

Who can see my location?

Only friends you invited or whose invitation you accepted, and only while you have the friends map turned on. Users who are not your friends cannot see you.

Why about 3 km by default?

An approximate area is enough to see who is nearby and to arrange a meeting, without revealing the exact pitch. You can choose “Exact” for friends you trust.

How do I become invisible?

Turn on ghost mode in Friends. It hides you at once and deletes your stored location. You can also turn the friends map off completely.

What happens to my location data?

We keep only your last location, no history. It is hidden after 24 hours without an update and deleted 7 days after the last update, or straight away when you use ghost mode or turn the friends map off.

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