GC5BFE6 WhereYouGoing? (Event Cache) in Victoria, Australia created by ThePacman

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ThePacman: All 3 workshops are now done. Thank you everyone in Geelong, Melbourne and Ballarat who managed to attend one of the events.
Anyone who attended one of the 3 workshops (and thus now has a basic understanding of wherigo) is welcome to contact me for further technical advice or support.

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Hidden : Thursday, September 18, 2014

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WhereYouGoing? I Go Wherigo!
Have you always wanted to create your own wherigo cartridge, but didn't know where to start?
Or does the thought of even just loading an existing cartridge onto your smartphone frighten you?

This is the first of 3 workshops for anyone interested in knowing more about the wherigo platform.
WhereYouGoing? - 6pm, Thursday 18th September, Geelong
Wherigo To? - 2pm, Saturday 20th September, Melbourne
Where I B? - 10am, Sunday 5th October, Ballarat

When : Thursday 18th September, 6pm to 8.15pm
Where : The Carlton Hotel, 21 Malop Street, Geelong
What : Wherigo training workshop for developers (6pm to 8pm), and general information session for users (8pm to 8:15pm)
Who : This event has 2 sessions, catering for both developers and non-developers
Why : Because wherigo can! Can add adventure to a cache. Can make multis better. Can add excitement with multimedia. Can be reliable!

Time	Topic	Focus
6pm - 8pm	Workshop for wherigo cartridge developers	technical
8pm - 8.15pm	General information session for wherigo users	non-technical

At the beginning of 2014, there were just 5 wherigo geocaches in the entire state of Victoria. Contrary to popular belief, the wherigo platform is actually quite stable. And since smartphones now make loading and playing wherigo cartridges so quick and easy, it is about time that there were a few more caches in Victoria using this great technology.
Ironically, it is because wherigo is so powerful and allows so much to be created with it that errors can creep in and be overlooked during programming.
I'll cover the typical errors made during development that lead to wherigo problems while caching - and obviously how you should avoid them.
Ultimately you'll find that developing a wherigo cache is actually the easy part - the real challenge is crafting a creative and compelling storyline!

This venue and date/time have been chosen because they're prepared to allow use of their facilities for free during the week. Food and drinks can be ordered from the bar. If someone has a suitable central venue available on a Saturday (4pm to 6pm), I'll consider moving the event.

If you're attending the developer's session at 6pm, ideally bring your notebook computer along loaded with a wherigo builder (preferably Urwigo). Only the Urwigo building platform will be demonstrated at this session, although all the principles and terminology are the same regardless of which builder you choose to use.

If numbers (for the earlier builder's workshop) are limited by the venue, whoever has logged a "Will attend" first will get priority.
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