QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals

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


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


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


Can someone customize QR Codes?


Can someone customize QR Codes?


Ideas for implementation

Put QR Codes on Plans to link to

•Specifications•One-call locate services•Videos•Details•Audio



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




http://youtu.be/huiBL2VFcqw

http://youtu.be/huiBL2VFcqw


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 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?


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.


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

http://goo.gl/

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

http://www.qrstuff.com/

http://tag.microsoft.com/home.aspx


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/

http://www.neoreader.com/

http://www.scanlife.com/new/


Thank You!

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QR Codes for CAD/GIS Professionals