A QR Code
A QR Code (Quick response) allow you to display an URL readable by a mobile phone. Using Google Maps and Goo.gl URL Shortener, I am going to show you how to inset a QR code into your ning in the correct way.
A Practical Example.
Check out Land Surveyors United Member Map on Google Maps, which generates this LOOOOONG URL:
Now Plug that long URL into Goo.gl URL shorter and we get this:
The QR Code Again
We just add .qr to the shorten URL, to get the URL of the QR Code :
To display the QR Code, we just use an img tag :
<img src="http://goo.gl/jz6BV .qr" style="border: 1px solid #000; padding: 5px;" alt="QR code - Google Maps - LSU Member Map" title="QR code - Google Maps - LSU Member Map" />
Plug this into the HTML of a text box and we get this:
Our Result
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I have read this post 3 times trying to understand it, but I feel more and more silly each time I admit my defeat :)))
What the heck is this post about?
It's about creating visual real-world images (e.g., to print) that you can swipe your phone over and have a browser open up a URL. Here's a decent article about QR codes. It's not something that has a broad application (yet), but it's pretty darn neat.
http://landsurveyorsunited.com/profiles/blogs/qr-codes-paperbased-h...
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