QR stone
A QR stone, also QR info stone, QR paving stone or paving stone 2.0 is a stone provided with a QR code that is (mostly) embedded in the sidewalk in front of buildings of tourist interest, possibly art or natural monuments, parks or the like. These stones are set up or brought into public space in different designs (as paving stones , sculptures or tombs) and are a form of mobile tagging . Such clearly visible weatherproof information has existed since 2011, the stones are made by stonemasons in Berlin and Cologne , among others . Metal signs with QR codes are now also used. (see picture for Lichtenberg)
history
The Cologne stonemason company steinart presented a QR tombstone for the first time in 2011 , followed by other sculptures and paving stones as a new type of information medium in public space in the city of Frankfurt am Main .
The Berlin company DGMK - German Society for Medial Customer Loyalty Systems has made the QR Cobble (English for cobblestones ) known under the English name and endeavored to relocate it in the German capital.
Scanned with a digital device and a program for recognizing the code, the user is provided with information about the person shown via the Internet . The codes can be engraved in small square granite stones , also in existing pavement slabs or other solid natural materials.
Such markings have been around the Holocaust memorial since 2014 . QR paving stones can also be found in front of the CDU federal office in Berlin-Mitte , in Auguststrasse and in front of the Pankow town hall . In 2015, the Frankfurt 1933-1945 memorial sites, culture of remembrance 2.0 were also equipped with QR stones in 2015 .
In the Lichtenberg district , a QR Cobble was laid directly in front of the town hall on November 17, 2016 . According to a corresponding press release, QR stones are available in other German locations, in the USA and in Israel .
Web links
- Remembrance with music at the Holocaust Memorial , Tagesspiegel , February 17, 2014.
- QR codes tell of the city's Nazi past , on bild.de , November 5, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "barcode based information on tombstones, tombs and memorials" (homepage gedenken-gestalten.de)
- ↑ Locations of QR blocks on the homepage of the German Society for multimedia customer loyalty systems.
- ↑ Department of Culture Semmelroth presents the QR code route along the Frankfurt 1933-1945 memorial sites , accessed on November 24, 2016.
- ↑ Cobblestone provides information about the historic town hall. In: berlin.de. November 16, 2016, accessed November 24, 2016 .