How GeoCrossing works

A XING is a coordinate on the GeoCrossing grid where latitude and longitude align to whole degrees, 10-minute steps, or 1-minute steps. Examples include 48°05'N 17°03'E and 48°10'N 17°31'E.

Use the mobile app or the web map, look at the XINGs near your location, and walk toward one. When you reach the allowed area around it, the visit is recorded.

XINGs are released over time so new players can still discover fresh locations. Each release time is computed deterministically from the XING code, so everyone sees the same schedule.

Points are awarded by discovery order. The first player gets 1000 points, the second gets 500, the third gets about 333, and so on. Each device can claim a given XING only once.

Your phone is the trusted device for your GeoCrossing account. Sign in inside the GeoCrossing mobile app first, then open the web app profile and use the QR sign-in flow. After approval, your account stats, leaderboard identity, and found XINGs appear in the web app.

Open the GeoCrossing web app, choose Sign in on web, and scan the QR code with the GeoCrossing mobile app. The phone asks you to approve the browser sign-in, then the browser receives its own session. You do not need to type a password on the website.

QR codes are short-lived for security. If approval fails, close the scanner, generate a new QR code in the web app, and scan the fresh code from the signed-in mobile app. If you changed phones or reinstalled the app, sign in on the phone again first.

The public site is static and focused on discovery. The interactive map and account features live in the GeoCrossing web app.

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