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Chinese maze: Village makes giant QR code from trees

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Re: Chinese maze: Village makes giant QR code from trees

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I tried two QR readers on the photos in the article. They did not detect the code.

Would it have been much more effort for the photographer to take a photo that was scannable? Or is there just too much variance in the arrangement and no reader would actually scan it even without a photo?

Re: Chinese maze: Village makes giant QR code from trees

#4

I tried two QR readers on the photos in the article. They did not detect the code. Would it have been much more effort for the photographer to take a photo that was scannable? Or is there just too much variance in the arrangement and no reader would actually scan it even without a photo?

For what it's worth, "Barcode Scanner" on Android was able to scan it effortlessly.

Re: Chinese maze: Village makes giant QR code from trees

#5

I tried two QR readers on the photos in the article. They did not detect the code. Would it have been much more effort for the photographer to take a photo that was scannable? Or is there just too much variance in the arrangement and no reader would actually scan it even without a photo?

I scanned it with WeChat and the public WeChatID of the company popped out - haomengshenghuo, whose direct translation of english is: life with good dreams.

Re: Chinese maze: Village makes giant QR code from trees

#6

I tried two QR readers on the photos in the article. They did not detect the code. Would it have been much more effort for the photographer to take a photo that was scannable? Or is there just too much variance in the arrangement and no reader would actually scan it even without a photo?

It worked with the scanner in the built-in camera app in iOS 11, but I had to manually adjust the brightness (issue with scanning off a computer screen?)

Re: Chinese maze: Village makes giant QR code from trees

#7

I tried two QR readers on the photos in the article. They did not detect the code. Would it have been much more effort for the photographer to take a photo that was scannable? Or is there just too much variance in the arrangement and no reader would actually scan it even without a photo?

Might be a problem with the combination of your monitor and your phone camera. I tried Barcode Scanner on Android, and it scanned it without a hitch. Hell, I had more trouble scanning a QR code I hand-drawn in blue on white paper...

Re: Chinese maze: Village makes giant QR code from trees

#9

I tried two QR readers on the photos in the article. They did not detect the code. Would it have been much more effort for the photographer to take a photo that was scannable? Or is there just too much variance in the arrangement and no reader would actually scan it even without a photo?

Barcode Scanner on Android gives:

http://weixin.qq.com/r/WD-i_pfE3sqhrdOZ92pK

Visiting that link simply forwards me to

http://www.wechat.com/mobile/en/

Rather anticlimactic.

Re: Chinese maze: Village makes giant QR code from trees

#10

I tried two QR readers on the photos in the article. They did not detect the code. Would it have been much more effort for the photographer to take a photo that was scannable? Or is there just too much variance in the arrangement and no reader would actually scan it even without a photo?

Barcode Scanner on Android gives: http://weixin.qq.com/r/WD-i_pfE3sqhrdOZ92pK Visiting that link simply forwards me to http://www.wechat.com/mobile/en/ Rather anticlimactic.

That is exactly working as intended.

You need to install WeChat and use the app to scan it to go the official account of the tourism office.

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