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Creating a Team

Using the web app? Creating a Team on the Web App

A team automatically shares routes, waypoints, recorded tracks, regions, and notes between Topo Maps+ users. Team members can also see each other's live location whenever they have cell service, even if it's occasional or spotty. You need a Topo Maps+ account to create a team.

Topo Maps+ works in one place at a time: your own data (My Data) or one team. While you're working in a team, the map and menu show only that team's data, and anything you add is saved to the team. See Working in a Team.

How to create a team

  1. Tap your account button in the top-right corner.

    The account button in the top-right corner of the mapThe account button in the top-right corner of the map

  2. Tap the first row of the menu (your name and email).

    The first row of the menu, with your name, email, and a chevron
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    The row opens to list your teams, Archived Teams, and New Team. Tap New Team.

    Your teams with your role on each, Archived Teams, and New Team under the first row of the menu
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    On iPad or Mac with the sidebar showing, tap the card at the bottom of the sidebar, then tap New Team.

  3. Tap Teams.

    Teams in the account menu
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  4. Tap Create Team.

    The button to create a new team
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  5. Enter a name for your team, then tap Create Team.

  6. Tap the team you just created to open it.

Topo Maps+ switches to your new team and opens Team Members so you can invite people.

How to invite team members

  1. Switch to your team, tap your account button, then tap Team Members.

    Team Members in the Team section of the menu
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  2. Choose an invite:

    • Viewer Invite: View only, with no data changes.
    • Collaborator Invite: Add data, and edit only their own data. People who join this way are Contributors.

  3. Tap Share Link or QR Code under the invite. The link opens in Topo Maps+ and lets the person accept the invite.

    Invite Team Members with Viewer Invite and Collaborator Invite, each with Share Link and QR Code, above the list of team members
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To make someone an Editor or Admin, invite them first, then change their permission. See Team Member Permissions.

  1. On your team's page, tap Team Members.

    Team Members on the team's page
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  2. Choose the permission level for the people you're inviting:

    • Editor: Add, edit, and delete any data.
    • Contributor: Add data, and edit only their own data.
    • Viewer: View only, with no data changes.

  3. Send the invite with a link or a QR code. It opens in Topo Maps+ and lets the person accept the invite.

    Share Link and QR Code invites for each permission level
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Once someone is on the team, you can promote them to Admin, which adds the ability to change other members' permissions. Tap the settings icon on their row in Team Members and choose a different permission. See Team Member Permissions for details.

How to add content to the team

Anything you add while you're working in the team is saved to the team. To switch between your teams and your own data, see Working in a Team.

How to archive a team

When a team's work is done, its owner can archive it. Everyone keeps the data they already have and can still view it, but the team stops syncing and nobody can add to it or change it, including the owner.

  1. Switch to the team, tap your account button, then tap Team Settings.

    Team Settings in the Team section of the menu
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  2. Turn on Archive Team, then tap Archive Team to confirm.

    Team Settings with the Archive Team switch above Delete Team
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Archived teams are listed under Archived Teams when you switch teams. To unarchive a team, switch to it, open Team Settings, and turn off Archive Team.

Save new content to the team automatically

To have everything you create go straight to the team, open your team's page, tap Team Settings, and turn on Save New Content to Team.

The Save New Content to Team setting
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To add data you already have, see Moving Data to a Team. On the trail, you can also share your live location with your team.

Updated October 7, 2026

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