POI Submission Rules and Guidelines:

• Only submit POIs that are of a permanent nature, and not transient or temporary. For instance, a planetary feature such as mountains is something that all future visitors will see. A crash site that will not persist for future visitors would be an example of something NOT to submit. POIs that are temporary will most likely not be permitted by staff.
  
  
• Submissions must be in English.
  
  
• Any submissions containing profanity, explicit or offensive content will not be approved, and the submitter will be contacted for redress. Repeat offenses may result in banning from EDAstro.
  
  
• DO NOT VIOLATE COPYRIGHTS. If you are using material (text, images, etc) that you didn't create, please cite and link to the source. If the owner has restricted use or duplication, then do not use it at all.
  
  
• You will be notified if the system you are submitting has any GMP (Galactic Mapping Project) entries on EDSM, and a link to it will automatically be added to the GEC entry.
  
  
• You will also be notified if the system you are submitting has any existing GEC POI's. Please review them before submitting yours and refrain from creating duplicate entries, or an excessive number of them, in a single system.
  
  
• A screenshot of the POI is required. You can host your images at your service of choice, however please choose one that will permanently provide the images (not discord).
  
  
• POI Names should be creative and unique, comply with TOS rules, and also fall loosely within International Astronomical Union naming conventions or otherwise be poetic or interesting. As part of those conventions, names that are of a commercial nature, pop culture, or named after a living person are also discouraged. Entry names should not simply state what the POI consists of, and GEC Staff will approve POI names at their discretion.
  
  
• Latitude and Longitude are required for planetary surface locations.
  
  
• Nebulae (planetary or otherwise) will only be approved if they are notable in additional ways.
  
  
• Keep your descriptions and references within the Elite Dangerous universe. Avoid referring to "the game," "players," or making out-of-game references.
  
  
• If you can, please include relevant entries from the game's journal files, or from Elite Observatory. This is not required but adds important details to your POI that are difficult to convey in a description.
  
  

POI Category descriptions:

• Community
  
  
  • A concentration of Fleet Carriers gathered for purposes of communal trade and Role-Play.
    
    
• Deep Space Outpost
  
  
  • Dockable places in deep space, far from the inhabited systems around Sol. Anchored fleet carriers should not go in this category, but in the "Carrier Callsign" field.
    
    
• Historical
  
  
  • Locations that are significant to the history of space exploration, such as systems used for early visual navigational references or waypoints in major expeditions.
    
    
• Green Gas Giants
  
  
  • Gas Giants with distinctive, glowing green features.
    
    
• Legacy
  
  
  • POIs which only exist in the Legacy mode of the game, ED 3.8
    
    
• Memorials
  
  
  • Sites that have been dedicated to the dearly departed.
    
    
• Mystery and Xenology
  
  
  • Sites that contain alien locations or abandoned human installations shrouded in the unknown.
    
    
• Nebulae
  
  
  • Any nebula; planetary, emissive, dust cloud, procedurally generated, or real-world. If a nebula has a non-generated name on the Galaxy map, then the POI must have the same name. For procedurally generated nebulae, name the POI "[in-game nebula name] ([nickname])", except if it's a planetary nebula which has the same name as its system.
    
    
• Notable Stellar Phenomena
  
  
  • Life in space, signals that appear as Notable Stellar Phenomena.
    
    
• Organic
  
  
  • Life on planets, sites with Biological features.
    
    
• Planetary Circumnavigation
  
  
  • Records of circumnavigations verified by forum submission.
    
    
• Planetary Features
  
  
  • A system that highlights interesting, unusual, or striking planetary bodies or surface locations.
    
    
• Sights and Scenery
  
  
  • Sites whose primary feature is their beauty.
    
    
• Stellar Features
  
  
  • Stars, black holes, White Dwarf Stars, and Neutron Stars with remarkable features.
    
    
• System Features
  
  
  • Designates systems with a plethora of POI's not contained within a single body and its moons or multiple instances of the same planetary feature.
    
    
• Tourist Beacons
  
  
  • Systems that FDev has featured with in-game Tourist Beacons.
    
    

POI Rating Suggestions:

• 1 Star:
  
  
  • No mention of uncommon phenomena or scenic views.
    
    
  • Only interesting to the submitter ("My first Earth-like World!")
    
    
  • No appeal for you to go see it at all.
    
    
  • Inaccurate or no longer exists. Please also let the GEC team know with the "Report POI" button.
    
    
  
  
• 2 Stars:
  
  
  • Mildly scenic views
    
    
  • Somewhat uncommon phenomena
    
    
  • A place you might visit if it's not a big detour.
    
    
  
  
• 3 Stars:
  
  
  • Scenic views
    
    
  • Uncommon to slightly rare phenomena
    
    
  • A place you'd be willing to spend time traveling to
    
    
  
  
• 4 Stars:
  
  
  • Gorgeous sights
    
    
  • Very rare discoveries
    
    
  • You would cross half the galaxy just to visit this place
    
    
  
  
• 5 Stars:
  
  
  • The most exceptional discoveries and sights
    
    
  • You would fly here from anywhere else in the galaxy
    
    
  
  

The GEC team is dedicated to ensuring the accuracy, validity, and adherence to guidelines of every POI submission. However, we are unable to visit most of them and may miss the occasional detail. Also, conditions may change at a particular location that renders a POI inaccurate or invalid. If you come across a guideline violation, inaccuracy, or significant change in a POI, please report it using the "Report POI" button, and provide a brief description of the issue. Note that the button is not to be used to inform us of your opinion of the POI or its submitting Commander. Also note that the latter may be in violation of EDAstro terms of use.