wE - Wheel Explorer Self Guided Tour App

A Wheel Explorer tour is the best way to explore a city at your own pace and will make sure you see more of the city than walking, driving or sitting in a tourist bus.

The tour is designed to put you in the safest bike lanes and quiet streets. You can focus on your surroundings and learning about points of interest in the city rather than looking at Google maps and trying not to get lost. We have done all the hard work for you.

We supply the directions and information. You rent an ebike or scooter from a bike share company and start exploring!

The tour is designed to be joined at any point, there is no start or end point. Our tours are always designed in a loop and you can jump on and off wherever and whenever you like. You will need to follow the tour in one direction.  Often in a clockwise direction, but not always. 

Make sure to bring headphones for each participant and a fully charged phone. If you spend all day on the tour you may get low on battery as ongoing GPS use is generally hungry for power. If you have a portable charge pack it would be handy to have with you.

After you have purchased a tour we will send you login details to access the trip from the Sonicmaps page. You won't be able to access the tour until you  receive the email and password to login. You will receive that via email.

Click on the image below to access the login page.  

 

Make sure to allow access from your browser to your phones location when it asks for it. You should see this. 

 

If your location is not working correctly on the tour then click the image below to find ways to check your phone location settings. 

 

Once you load up your location you should see 
a red dot showing your location. Zoom in to the centre of the city, then look for our orange tour icon and click on it to load up the tour. 

 

We recommend you download the tour audio and pictures before you set off. This will speed up the triggering of audio and it also allows you to follow the tour without an internet connection or data. However the YouTube video links that are found at many locations need an internet connection. Look for the download icon at the bottom right of the screen.

Make sure you have your phone off silent mode. You won’t hear the audio if you do. On an iPhone you may need to slide the mute switch on the side of your phone.

Also make sure to use the lock 🔒 feature at the top right of the screen so that your phone screen does not turn off. If it does the audio will stop.

We recommend you drop the brightness of your screen to 50% to maximise battery life and keep the map in dark mode. That’s the default setting anyway.

There is a crosshair icon next to the lock icon which you should keep selected. It allows the map to pan with you as you progress on the tour. You can zoom in to whatever detail you prefer but will need to reselect the crosshair after any zoom changes.

 

As you explore the tour the audio will trigger for both general directions and points of interest. There are white circles with numbers that indicated the points of interest.

The general directions will play in their entirety but the points if interest will trigger when you enter the blue zone circles which you can see on the map. If you leave the circle the audio will fade out and you can continue. If you want to hear all the information you wil need to move back into the circle so that the audio can continue.

When you enter a blue circle you will also see one or more pictures come up on the screen. This will relate to the point of interest you have entered. You can click on the pictures to scroll through them. Also look for YouTube video links at the bottom of the photos. If you click them YouTube will open up on your phone and begin to play the relevant video. The audio from the tour will pause and continue when you go back to the tour. We suggest you wait till you listen to all of the point of interest audio before you click on the video link.

You can click outside any picture on the screen to see the entire map again.

 

This tour is our first complete tour of many planned worldwide. It’s in beta phase. Some of the AI voiceover needs editing and there may be the occasional glitch or scenario where multiple tracks of audio play if you move quickly between locations.

In total there are 390 custom audio triggers on the Sydney Tour alone!

Have fun in your exploration. Engage with the places and people you discover. If you see something of interest on your journey feel free to to jump off the tour route and explore. We have not included restaurants and cafes on the tour as there are so many options and you will find places to eat and drink at a time that suits you. 

Enjoy our wE Tour and please give us any feedback in this best phase.

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