Getting There is All the Fun

Geodashing is a game in which players use GPS receivers on a playing field that covers the entire planet. The waypoints, or dashpoints, to be reached are randomly selected. The win goes to who can get to the most dashpoints; that is, if you can get to them at all! Each game has a new set of dashpoints making each game completely different and unpredictable. Join and play! 

GeoDashing Info

Do you own a GPS receiver and are looking for a fun way to use it? You've come to the right place.
Here's how it works. In each game, a large set of waypoints, called dashpoints, from all over the world is posted on the Web. Dashpoint locations are chosen at random by computer, with all the unpredictability that presents. Dashpoints might be in suburban neighborhoods or in the middle of wilderness areas.
Then, the race is on to see who can reach the most dashpoints before the deadline.
Geodashing players can participate as individuals or as teams of up to five players to increase the number of dashpoints reached. The competition is friendly and teamwork helps to get high scores, so put your online acquaintances to good use.
Because the dashpoints are spread all over the world, it doesn't matter where you live. Dashpoints are as likely to be near to you as to anyone else. It's easy to start playing. Pick a dashpoint, visit it, report what you find.
Getting there is all the fun.

GeoDashing Rules

In short, the rules are simple.
    Pick a dashpoint
    Visit it
    Report what you find
The long version of the rules follows.
If you want to play solo, you are welcome to. Otherwise, contact others to form a team. Teams can consist of up to five players. Teams are optional, but they increase your chances of winning.
Study the dashpoints of the current game to find ones near you, then try to visit them. Dashpoints are specified with datum WGS-84. For each dashpoint you attempt, use the [Dashpoint Report] form to report your visit.

• Identify the dashpoint and describe it in enough detail to prove your visit.
• The more entertaining your report, the better. It won't affect your score either way, but players enjoy reading about each others' adventures.
• A photograph is helpful, but it is not required.

If you take photographs:

• Use the [Photo Album] to upload a photograph to the appropriate game folder.

Photos should be scenic in nature, with enough foreground in the shot to prove you reached the actual dashpoint.

• Do not include a close up of your GPS receiver. Thanks, but we've seen enough.

Scoring:
You must get within 100 meters of the dashpoint to score it.

• The first player or group of players to reach a dashpoint scores 3 points.
• The second player or group of players to reach that dashpoint scores 2 points.
• All other players to reach that dashpoint score 1 point.

All players who reach a dashpoint on or before the date of the report of the first visit (i.e., the date of the report, not the date of the visit), will be considered tied for first visit and all will score 3 first-place points. In this case, all visits after that date will receive 1 third-place point.
The same system will apply for second place finishes. That is, if there is a single first-place visit and two or more players reach a dashpoint on or before the date of the report of the second visit, all of them will be considered tied for second place and all will score 2 second-place points. In this case, all visits after that date will receive 1 third-place point.
Two or more members of the same team can visit the same dashpoint, but the visits will be scored for the team as if the members of the team arrived on successive days.
The team with the most points when the game ends, wins!

Be aware of the cautions and follow the guidelines outlined in the [GeoDashing Disclaimer].