User:Aqazi1411/ENES100/Bar Code Project

Write problem/project Goal
The aim is to improve on what the previous team has already accomplished and work on utilizing the information that they came across in order to try to create some sort of working prototype of this project. By prototype I mean a working model of the system in which you scan a bar code and then you are automatically aware of the exact place you are in via GPS and can get directions to where you want to go.

My First Task
Look into what the previous team accomplished and figure out a good starting point for our team.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
I looked into what the previous team accomplished and how they implemented the different tools they came across into making their bar code tagging process work with google maps

Week1 Narrative
Looked into the research done by the previous team and found out how they did what they did.

My Second Task
I will use the knowledge that I attained in order to best push this project forward. I want to get QR codes printed and set up along the trails in the Howard Community College campus.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
I planned to mark up each room of one of the floors of one of the buildings and that's what I did. I also paired the rooms with QR codes and tested them to make sure they work and they do.

Week2 Narrative
I took screen shots of all of the floors of some of the main buildings on the HCC campus such as RFC, DH, CL etc... then I proceeded to mark up every individualized location and save the pics so they only pertain to that specific location with a red dot. I used Paint to do this. Then I uploaded all of the pictures to Photobucket and got specific links to each picture using the site. I used those specific links to create specific QR codes for each link/picture. I saved all the QR codes into a folder and labelled them with the room they lead to. I also made the QR codes a light almost florescent green so that they stand out from the normal back and white. I tested the QR codes using my phone and they work perfectly.

Links to the pictures of the rooms of the first floor of the DH building

DH first floor

The QR code generating website we are using: http://goqr.me/

My Third task
Use this same process to do even more of the HCC campus.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
--> I uploaded all 80+ pictures of all of the rooms of the second and third floor of the Duncan hall building to photobucket

--> then proceeded to label all the pictures online with names pertaining to the rooms or locations that they represented.

--> I also paired them up with QR codes.

Week3 Narrative
After Uploading all of the pictures of the second and third floor of the DH building to photobucket.com I labeled all of the pictures with the rooms/locations they each represented. I then make new pages on wikiversity to hold all of the links to the pictures directly. I then linked them back to my personal wikiversity barcode project wiki page and will alter link them to the team page as well. I proceeded to use all of those links to generate all QR codes for each of the rooms and downloaded them as well as labelling them with the rooms they each represented.

The following are links to the pages that contain all the direct links to the pictures of the second and third floor of the Duncan Hall building:

DH second floor

DH third floor

My Fourth task
- Edit the team page

- Make all of our data available for the next team that will work on this project through some sort of online file hosting site that they can download all of our work from.

- Make a quick video showing how the QR code scanning works and how it goes directly to the picture and room location that they scan the QR code for.

- Upload all of the files onto this website, http://www.filedropper.com/, for future teams to easily access and download our database and provide the specific link to the specific file uploaded on the team page.

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
I made the files that we have available online for anyone to download and specifically for the next team that works on this project. I also made a video of how scanning a barcode works and uploaded it to youtube. I'm also going to edit the barcode team page.

Week4 Narrative
I looked up different websites that I could use to share files online so that the next team can download the files and i found that filedropper.com was the simplest and easiest to use for our purposes. I uploaded the zipfolder containing all the files to that webiste and the link I provided can now be used to download that zip folder. I also made a youtube video showing how this process works and i uploaded it to you tube as well as making a step by step tutorial on how to use filedropper.com

Complete Team Page
The team page