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A0034887B ABN 82 104 322 096 |
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Beaumaris Conservation Society Inc. |
BEAUMARIS VIC 3193 |
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Tel 0395891802, 0429176725 Fax 0395895194 |
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Mobile phone tags on public signs
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See an explanatory link here for mobile tagging, which describes the Japanese "Quick Response (QR) codes", which are the pioneering and most widely-used codes, and the later European-US Data Matrix (DM) codes used by Nokia for example. Both are two-dimensional barcodes that a mobile phone loaded with the correct software can instantly photograph and link to a Web page of information. The code being printed on Page 2 of The Age is a QR code. It is only 30 mm square, which photographs easily. Automatic QR code reading software is easily downloaded from the Quickmark website to many brands of mobile phone and installed. The DM codes seem to be more geared to proprietary labelling, as they can be made very much smaller, but some users might prefer them, so both could be usefully shown. |
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Space on a standard corner of each sign should be left for a QR code, and if thought fit a DM code also, placed there initially or later. Web pages linked to could start as quite basic, but they are easily enhanced. Each page could have a link to the index of all signs, so interested visitors could search for pages or signs of particular interest to them. Signs have no space for versions in the many languages non-English speakers might prefer, but Web pages can easily provide numerous languages. |
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Visiting students will increasingly find that resource valuable. They can also save the index page link for later reference. A map showing signs with clickable GPS references could be useful. The website should have all the sign information anyway. Younger afficionados could well be motivated to show their prowess with the codes to their parents and friends, but cannot if the codes are not there. Below are a QR code symbol and a DM symbol for the Bayside City Council website. The symbols were each obtained using the mobile code generator facility at the Nokia mobile codes website. See also the Telstra Mobile Codes page. |
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Quick Response code |
Data Matrix code |
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The hypertext strings that Nokia says would display the above codes on the Bayside City Council website, obtained using the above code generator facility, are: |
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QR code |
DM code |
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<img src="http://mobilecodes.nokia.com/qr?DATA=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bayside.vic.gov.au &MODULE_SIZE=4&name=&MARGIN=2&ENCODING=BYTE&type=link&MODE=TEXT&a=view" alt="" /> |
<img src="http://mobilecodes.nokia.com/qr?DATA=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bayside.vic.gov.au &MODULE_SIZE=4&name=&MARGIN=2&ENCODING=BYTE&type=link&MODE=TEXT&a=view" alt="" /> |
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