Geo-barcoding 2.0
Let's leave aside t-shirts and business cards . Let's see how the barcode allows you to create full-fledged “mashups” from online services and urban sites.
The project Dencity.net , which was organized by our German comrades, can be safely called geo-barcoding 2.0
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Like the Semapedia project, the service is based on the ability, through Googlemaps, to generate a geo-referenced barcode, then print it out and hang it on the street near the corresponding building or object. However, besides a simple link with a description, the author also indicates the type of institution that he marks, as well as links to other barcodes that seem to him to be relevant or just interesting. At the same time, apart from the description, a separate guest book and forum are automatically created for each barcode.
Thus, passers-by, scanning the code, get something more than a short reference - they can leave comments in the guestbook of the barcode, discuss this institution on the forum, set its rating, and add their own links on the topic.
As a result, a valuable database is created with information on urban sites, which can then be analyzed by ranking areas by different indicators, for example, the density of WiFi access points or the number of vegetarian restaurants. The creators of Dencity have developed for this powerful interface that allows you to visualize maps of cities, in accordance with the data of geo-barcoding.
In addition, the authors of the barcodes can change their content - description, links, category - but re-paste the previously printed code without needing it, that is, the bar code is created and printed only once.
The next step, you can expect, the emergence of special API, which would allow third-party developers to create applications using foreign barcode tags. Accordingly, special barcode companies should emerge, casting cities every nook and cranny and own exclusive rights granted by the municipality. Placement of unauthorized barcodes receives the status of barcode terrorism and is subject to prosecution by law. The revenue of the companies of the barcode providers is based, of course, on advertising, which is generously hooked by the user, each time the code is read. Of course, there is always the opportunity to buy a paid account without ads.
The project Dencity.net , which was organized by our German comrades, can be safely called geo-barcoding 2.0
')
Like the Semapedia project, the service is based on the ability, through Googlemaps, to generate a geo-referenced barcode, then print it out and hang it on the street near the corresponding building or object. However, besides a simple link with a description, the author also indicates the type of institution that he marks, as well as links to other barcodes that seem to him to be relevant or just interesting. At the same time, apart from the description, a separate guest book and forum are automatically created for each barcode.
Thus, passers-by, scanning the code, get something more than a short reference - they can leave comments in the guestbook of the barcode, discuss this institution on the forum, set its rating, and add their own links on the topic.
As a result, a valuable database is created with information on urban sites, which can then be analyzed by ranking areas by different indicators, for example, the density of WiFi access points or the number of vegetarian restaurants. The creators of Dencity have developed for this powerful interface that allows you to visualize maps of cities, in accordance with the data of geo-barcoding.
In addition, the authors of the barcodes can change their content - description, links, category - but re-paste the previously printed code without needing it, that is, the bar code is created and printed only once.
The next step, you can expect, the emergence of special API, which would allow third-party developers to create applications using foreign barcode tags. Accordingly, special barcode companies should emerge, casting cities every nook and cranny and own exclusive rights granted by the municipality. Placement of unauthorized barcodes receives the status of barcode terrorism and is subject to prosecution by law. The revenue of the companies of the barcode providers is based, of course, on advertising, which is generously hooked by the user, each time the code is read. Of course, there is always the opportunity to buy a paid account without ads.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/39430/
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