The Quad Cities Wherigo Tour Wherigo Cache

Welcome to The Quad Cities FIRST ever Wherigo Geocache!

The Quad Cities is a great place to live, work, and play. You'll be able to see most of it while on this tour. Both the Iowa side and the Illinois side have much to offer and you may wish to stop your tour at certain times to experience what you see along the way.

This Wherigo allows you to take a tour of the QCA all without leaving your vehicle. You'll start on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River and quickly travel to the Iowa side. If you plan the zones just right, you may be able to do the tour in one smooth loop and end up near where you started. Once you complete the cartridge, you will be given the coordinates to the final location of this geocache.

You may need to slow down while driving through the zones so your player has time to register where you are.

ALSO: BRING A SHARPIE MARKER TO SIGN THE PLASTIC LOGSHEET. Your name/initials MUST be on the logsheet to claim the find.

What is Wherigo?

For those of you who don't know, Wherigo was created as a means to reintroduce the adventure game genre by making it easy for anyone to create and play location-based adventures in the real world. Using Wherigo, the physical world becomes the background for engaging story lines and location-specific virtual entertainment.

Wherigo is a platform that allows you to build location based GPS experiences on your computer and play them in the real world. Rather than searching for puzzle clues on a screen, you look for them in the field. Using Wherigo, you can create interactive tours, adventure games and puzzles... the possibilities are endless.

How can I play this Cartridge?

First off, you'll need the appropriate Wherigo Player on a Wherigo compatible Hardware (Pocket PC, Garmin Oregon or Colorado GPS, Android Smartphone, or iPhone).

If you do not have one already, click on the links to the right to download the one you need. Once you have a player, you just need to download the cartridge for that player. You can do that by clicking on the title banner above or the top link to the right.

For more information on getting started, check out this link. There you'll find tutorials and FAQs to help you out.

How can I build a Cartridge?

We build our cartridges primarily using Urwigo. Urwigo is the most popular Wherigo builder and offers the most comprehensive cartridge building toolset. The interface centers around flow charts and property pages. You can download it by using the link to the right.

Other builders: The Groundspeak Builder, Earwigo, and Wherigo\\kit. If you need help building, stop by the Wherigo Forums on www.wherigo.com.