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Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: Griff Grof Date: June 9, 2014, 11:44 am
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I know [member=3]walktall[/member] has run a Weekly Poll for
this, and we've delved in to the topic a little elsewhere, but
thought that we should have a thread!
HTML http://www.wherigo.com
HTML http://www.wherigo.com
is still in beta :o The Wherigo Player
and Builder haven't been updated since 2008 ::)
And now Lab Caches
HTML http://cachewalker.createaforum.com/general-caching/lab-caches-moan/<br
/>seem to be a focus for GS.
We've been hoping for a while that GS would do something about
Wherigos. Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't Wherigo caches
not originally part of Wherigo? Perhaps the object of Wherigo is
slowly being defeated, and has it really taken the Geocaching
community by storm? - it must be the least-placed physical cache
type :(
Ultimately, do you think Wherigo has seen its day? And more
importantly, do you want it to? Where would you go from here if
you were in charge of GS?
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Re: Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: walktall Date: June 9, 2014, 12:11 pm
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There is work on other sites:
HTML http://wherigo.rangerfox.com/rangerfox/wherigo/kit/images/homesplashes/splash1.jpg
HTML http://wherigo.rangerfox.com/
Welcome to Earwigo - the Wherigo™ Web Builder
HTML http://www.earwigo.net/WWB/wiki/doku.php?id=start
#Post#: 7600--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: gaz_zippy Date: June 9, 2014, 2:10 pm
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I have used the Earwigo builder to create and publish one
Wherigo cartridge/cache so far, I do have plans for others but
it does take quite some time to create and test them, I wouldn't
have said they were dying, far from it, in fact it looks like
the community has taken it on board so while the groundspeak
Wherigo player/builder is still stuck in beta there are
alternatives that work very well, in my limited experience.
#Post#: 7601--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: L8HNB Date: June 9, 2014, 4:14 pm
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They've been in the rubbish bin ever since we did one not long
after they came out, we actually did it twice as we were caching
with a Mio PDA that could handle the software, we then went
around again a few weeks later with other local cachers so they
could get the smiley. When we did it the first time we spent
most of the time looking at the Mio which we felt detracted from
the caching experience. This was confirmed, for us, when we
went around again and enjoyed the walk.
I think Garmin have dropped Wherigo from its latest GPS's.
H.
#Post#: 7602--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: walktall Date: June 9, 2014, 4:48 pm
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On my list 'to do' is build and publish a Wherigo.
GS are killing it off by not doing anything with it. Garmin as
H. said, haven't got it on its newer units BUT there is
community support for it and I think there is life in it yet.
Yes my first Wherigo (a FTF :) ) on a iPaq PDA was painful, it
took me over 10 mins to get the first hotspot; I couldn't get
the distance to go below 1ft until eventually after walking in
and out multiple times from different directions, I finally got
there ::)
It offers an informative interface and adds an extra dimension
to a multi-cache. But, at the same time (on my Oregon 300) the
interface needs desperate update because it could be so much
clearer.
As I think I've mentioned before, I did a Wherigo that had no
cache at the end :o It was done as a locals guide to their city,
Prague, I enjoyed it as it took me to some interesting sites :)
As I think we all know, GS gets an idea and then seems to get
bored of it and dumped for the new shiny toy >:(
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Re: Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: Bear and Ragged Date: June 9, 2014, 6:02 pm
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There was 'something' mentioned on the GS forums ages ago...
GS were working with Garmin, and the two 'fell out' when Garmin
started their own listing site.
(Or was it, Garmin started their own listing site when things
weren't all tickety-boo with Wherigo? ;))
Ranger Fox seems to be working on things, but without financial
input, and a decent hand from GS (who have
copyright/trademarks/intellectual rights etc) isn't going too
quick.
#Post#: 7604--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: walktall Date: June 10, 2014, 12:10 pm
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Tested a Wherigo round my village today, which I built a short
while ago but hadn't complied and tested it till today :)
It was a simple go to answer a question and move on type and
worked without issue on my Oregon 300 ;D
#Post#: 7607--------------------------------------------------
Re: Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: Griff Grof Date: June 11, 2014, 6:39 am
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[quote author=gaz_zippy link=topic=524.msg7600#msg7600
date=1402341044]
I wouldn't have said they were dying, far from it, in fact it
looks like the community has taken it on board so while the
groundspeak Wherigo player/builder is still stuck in beta there
are alternatives that work very well, in my limited experience.
[/quote]
I agree with this actually, and there have been quite a few new
Wherigos recently. I think it's the fact that, maybe, people
feel they'd be unsupported officially by GS in the making of
their cartridge, so perhaps this puts people off?
[quote author=L8HNB link=topic=524.msg7601#msg7601
date=1402348479]When we did it the first time we spent most of
the time looking at the Mio which we felt detracted from the
caching experience. This was confirmed, for us, when we went
around again and enjoyed the walk..[/quote]
This sounds a little familar, it's happened on a couple for me.
Sometimes when they haven't been tested over, and over and over
they send you here, there and everywhere. A little like a
Wherigo I did with [member=3]walktall[/member] prior to the
Geolympix Mega, it wasn't really sure where it was going at
first and it took some time for it to work completely fluently.
[quote author=walktall link=topic=524.msg7604#msg7604
date=1402420240]
Tested a Wherigo round my village today, which I built a short
while ago but hadn't complied and tested it till today :)
It was a simple go to answer a question and move on type and
worked without issue on my Oregon 300 ;D
[/quote]
And that's interesting, is it just a dummy or will you develop
it in to a proper Wherigo cache in the future?
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Re: Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: walktall Date: June 11, 2014, 7:51 am
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[quote author=Griff Grof link=topic=524.msg7607#msg7607
date=1402486787]
And that's interesting, is it just a dummy or will you develop
it in to a proper Wherigo cache in the future?
[/quote]
Just a test one :)
Thought of three places I would do one: Bourton, Stow or
Sherborne (with the cache outside the NT area)
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Re: Is Wherigo really heading to the dustbin?
By: Griff Grof Date: June 11, 2014, 2:17 pm
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Each of those locations sound exciting - that'd be good ;D
Maybe the official Wherigo site could be taken over by someone
other than GS. I do think that it can still grow and improve so
much more.
Something I've never known is whether or not Wherigo caches are
allowed to virtual, should the area not be at all suited for a
physical cache?
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