qr codes for cad/gis professionals
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QR Codes for
CAD/GIS Professionals
Pam BroviakCity of Geneva
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
What are QR Codes?
A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry.
definition from Wikipedia
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
What are they used for?
•Access a website•Call a specific phone number•Generate and give you the option to send a specific text message•Play a video from a website•Play an audio file from a website•Send an email•Send contact info•Generate a Tweet on Twitter
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
How do they work?
By Zephyris (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
Can someone customize QR Codes?
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
Can someone customize QR Codes?
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
Ideas for implementation
Put QR Codes on Plans to link to
•Specifications•One-call locate services•Videos•Details•Audio
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
This QR Code links to an online 3D rendering of a station that can be manipulated by tilting and zooming.
ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/Gallery/ch2mhill_pump_station_3.pdf
Note: the 3D image and CAD drawingare not related and only used for demonstration purposes
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
QR Codes on inlets could not only link to information like coordinates and elevations. But they could also link to information about where the system drains and other stormwater information in general.
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
QR Codes Enhance Community Education
QR codes are used at historic sites and other areas as a method of linking to additional information.
Could these be used as part of an educational game allowing citizens to find and “tag” objects in the community as they learn more about public works or community history?
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
Security Concerns
There are concerns that QR Codes could be used to trick people to visit websites that contain malicious code.
Be sure of the site you are visiting, and never log into or share personal information on a site you have arrived at using a QR Code.
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
Making QR Codes
There are many free sites where you can generate a QR Code.
Google: http://goo.gl
Kaywa: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
QR Stuff: http://www.qrstuff.com/
Microsoft: http://tag.microsoft.com/home.aspx
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
Reading QR Codes
You need some type of camera device to read a QR Code. Most QR Codes are read with smart phones with applications like the following:
Neo Reader: http://www.neoreader.com/
Scan Life: http://www.scanlife.com/new/
QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals
Thank You!
Questions?