Originally Posted by Mirek Fric [Cze] 
In my country they always reveal maps late because they don't want both illegal recce of crews and crazy driving of media/spectators through. That makes organizers problems with getting permissions for next years. It's especially important in case of private roads.
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Over here we don't have that issue at all. There are heavy penalties applied to competitors who are found driving the rally route even as a course of daily routine without permission so it generally doesn't happen. And media/spectators are not a problem.
With my own national series event we publish the routeas early as we possibly can - for this year's event 3 months prior. It allows poeple to plan, whether they be competitors, spectators, landowners or other regular road users.