Would this help?? http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ Get the needed code, export and resize in a graphics program...or is that too simple?? - Darren Byrnes On 4/3/12 10:45 AM, Jacqueline Brudlos wrote: > > Hello, everyone. I'm a new member to this listserv (Thanks, Pete!) > and I have a dilemma/question (I did try to search through the archive > first, but didn't find anything to help me). > > Parking and Transportation Services is working to launch NextBus, a > feature showing students/staff where all of the shuttle buses are in > real-time. See the whole system on your desktop computer, call a > number at a particular bus stop and hear "next bus arrives in 2 > minutes" OR scan the QR code and get info on your smartphone. > > Is anyone an expert on those QR codes? > > Admittedly, I'm completely in the dark on this technology/marketing > tool (my phone doesn't even take pictures - that's how outdated I am - > LOL). > > My plan was to work with the Sign Stop to revise the current signage > at the campus shuttle stops - specifically adding a graphic overlay to > each sign. BUT these signs are typically 6-8 feet off the ground. > Upon further research online, it sounds to me like I'll need to make > the barcode around 8 inches square. Does anyone use these codes > personally or professionally? Does it work from a distance? Does the > code need to be THAT large? > > Based on what I found online today, it sounds to me that my plan to > revise the current signage won't work. I think I'm going to have to > make a second 8.5x11 size sign. > > I'm just trying to not waste time/money on doing this wrong. Does > anyone have any advice for me? > > Thanks in advance. > > Jacqueline > =========== > JACQUELINE BRUDLOS > Communications Manager | Parking and Transportation Services > University of Minnesota > 511 Washington Ave SE | 300 TSB | Minneapolis, MN 55455 > 612-624-4161 (direct) | 612-626-PARK (main) | 612-624-8899 (fax) > [log in to unmask] | www.umn.edu/pts