It supports playing Wherigo cartridges, which is an interactive location based geocaching game. You can load, play and save the current state of your Wherigo game. Compass and online or offline maps can be used to navigate, alternatively Locus can be used to display maps.
Cartridges for usage with WhereYouGo can be downloaded from https://www.wherigo.com and other services.
Main features:
- Automatic download of cartridges from wherigo.com (can be triggered from your browser by opening a listing page on wherigo.com or from other geocaching apps like c:geo)
- Use compass to navigate to the next game zone or location
- View game zones and locations on a map
- Uses online maps from various sources
- Supports offline map files (only Mapsforge v0.3 format at this moment)
- Seamless interworking with Locus to display maps (alternatively to internal maps)
- Several save game slots per cartridge
- Automatic game saving when switching to another app
- Integrated QR-code reader
About:
WhereYouGo is OpenSource and licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0.
After the source code was unmaintained for several years, a new development team (the c:geo team) was - with agreement of the orignal author - finally able to take over the source code and continue app development.
If you are able and willing to help us, you can find information and source code in the link below. We need your help: https://github.com/cgeo/WhereYouGo
The core of the application is based on OpenWIG, it uses the Mapsforge library to display maps, alternatively Locus can be used.
Notes:
- When manually downloading cartridges from wherigo.com, make sure to use the version "Pocket PC Device".
- Copy the cartridges into your Wherigo folder (Settings - Main - Wherigo folder). Make sure you granted the application permission to write to external storage and you have write permission in selected directory. Some newer devices don't allow writing to SD card. If you're not sure, set "Wherigo folder" automatically.
- If you have problems installing or using WhereYouGo please contact us at whereyougo@cgeo.org
- If you would like to know why WhereYouGo needs the permissions requested, please check https://github.com/cgeo/WhereYouGo/blob/master/PRIVACY.md for an explanation.
For further development of WhereYouGo we need help of the Geocaching community! Contact us!
- Fix download failed error (caused by recent website workflow changes)
- Fix crashes on Systems running Android 7 or below when statusbar icon is activated
- Fix longitude formatting
- Removed 'Acquire map from c:geo' due to map version incompatibilities
- Updated targetSDK to Android 11
Bugfix Release:
- Fix Android 12 GPS problem
- Restore functionality of OSM Mapnik online map
- New app icon and minor style adjustments
- Modernize app settings screens
- Validation of login credentials in settings
- Various translation updates
- Compile with a new target version to fulfill Google requirements - Please report any new issues to our support.
- Note: Please avoid deinstalling the app, access of the app to your file system might get lost after new installation. Working on it!
- Get link to offline maps from c:geo in map menu. Note: Requires Mapsforge V3 map in c:geo as WhereYouGo still only supports this version.
- Improve login usability by providing error messages in case of missing or wrong credentials
- Make screen rotation optional
- Adjust map font size for devices with higher DPI
- New option for automatic text scaling on maps
- Optimize caching of map tiles and adjust menu entries for it
- Android 8 fix for getting GPS when running in background
Version 2020.04.07:
- Fix crash on starting cartridge on Android 8 devices
- Update translations for several languages
- Various small code improvements and fixes
- Update contact information for user support
- Set default map to OSM instead of an empty map
- Allow the app to run if screen is off
Version 2020.03.08 (made by c:geo team):
- Fixed broken download of cartridges from wherigo.com by switching to https
- Change the permissions handling to fulfill the requirements for Google Play
- Update the code to support Android targetSdk 28
- Removed and updated map online providers, fixed non working online maps
- Improved German, Slovak translations
- Minor GUI and code improvements
Added support for animated GIF and MP4.Translations: Norwegian, Catalan, German, French, Japanese.Clickable URLs in text.Task state fixed, icons improved.Fixed occasional crashing when using timer or when the app is closing.Improved error messages when downloading a cartridge.Input can now be scanned from QR code.Map can be centered to target.Fixed issue with selecting map file on Android 7.Fixed issue with compass and timer
Input can now be scanned from QR codeMap can be centered to target.Fixed issue with selecting map file on Android 7.Improved French translation.
