+Pikes Peak Ascent Finisher Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Can Wherigo player download and work with my Ipod Touch? If not, what Garmin GPS device will work best for Wherigo and Geocaching together? Quote Link to comment
Ranger Fox Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I do not believe an iPod Touch has a built-in GPS receiver. For Garmin models, only the Colorado and Oregon have a Wherigo Player. Quote Link to comment
+skibumz Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Any idea if adding a "Craddle" GPS to the Touch would do it ? Quote Link to comment
+peanutking Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 For the GPS on the IPOD search for the DUAL XGPS150 on the web. Excuse my english I speak french. Quote Link to comment
+skibumz Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 This is what I was referring to but do you have experience with it and does it truly work with/for Wherigo ? Bonjour d'un francais a un autre ! For the GPS on the IPOD search for the DUAL XGPS150 on the web. Excuse my english I speak french. Quote Link to comment
+captrob Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I just finished two Wherigo's with my ipod touch. Since it does not have a gps I added the bad elf gps to it and it worked fine. It just plugs into the bottom of the ipod. If you search bad elf gps you can find where to buy them. Quote Link to comment
+jmd65 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) I've used my iPod touch 4th gen with a Bluetooth GNS 5870 MFI, and it works. Occasionally the signal can get a bit flaky, but that's the GNS unit. Edited April 5, 2012 by jmd65 Quote Link to comment
+RedhedMary Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I was able to use "play anywhere" cartridges with my iPod touch running the Wherigo app. (no additional GPSr required) That did, of course, limit my options. Just bought an Oregon 450, it still has the Wherigo player built in and now I can do any Wherigo. Will probably pull the app off my iPod now, come to think of it. Quote Link to comment
+gvsu4msu Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I was able to use "play anywhere" cartridges with my iPod touch running the Wherigo app. (no additional GPSr required) That did, of course, limit my options. Just bought an Oregon 450, it still has the Wherigo player built in and now I can do any Wherigo. Will probably pull the app off my iPod now, come to think of it. Some play anywhere cartridges have it where there is no zone to go to. Others have the zones "develop" around you and thus you can play them anywhere. As to deleting the app off of your iPod touch. DON'T - you will find that the Oregon 450 can get cracnky sometimes with Wherigos, so the iPod is a good backup source for a player. Granted it is no good "in the field" but still 2 devices are better than NO devices. BTW - welcome to world of Wherigo....there are lots locally to enjoy, as you may already know. Quote Link to comment
Ranger Fox Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I will second what gvsu4msu said. The Garmin Oregon platform is the most unstable of all Wherigo Players. Sometimes, a simple cartridge will run. Other times, that same cartridge will produce odd errors. It's inconsistent and seems to have barely enough resources to run its Wherigo Player. On the other hand, it tends to be more convenient and accurate (on average) than an iPod. Granted, if Wherigo evolves into what I envision, you will not be able to run certain features of next-gen cartridges on a Garmin Wherigo Player (in part due to its reliance on being connected to the Internet and the ability for cartridge authors to alter the layout/display of their cartridge). You will need a device that will be able to support a newer version of the Wherigo Player, and it's very unlikely for me to think Garmin will come out with an update. Quote Link to comment
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