Novel QR Code Tagging System for Campus …
321
College
flora
dataset
QR code
generation
for each
web page
Filter
tree
dataset
Create
web pages
for each
tree
Hang
QR
code on
trees
Scan and
view tree
information
Share
link to
others
Fig. 1 Framework of the proposed system
3 Design and Development of Web Pages of Trees and QR
Code Tree Dataset Preparation
In the current work, detailed information on various plants and trees located inside
the campus of “PSGR Krishnammal College for Women”, Peelamedu, Coimbatore,
were collected involving students of the Botany department. Various information
about the plant documented as per family; botanical name; local name; different
parts used and their medicinal uses. Among the 1034 plant species belonging to
47 families that frequently used for cultivation, ornamental and therapeutic uses in
the campus, and a total of 20 trees taken into consideration for QR code tagging
(Farnsworth et al. 2013; Goeau et al. 2016; Endreny 2018). The dataset presented in
Table 1.
3.1 Web Page Design
A web page created exclusively for each tree using HTML tags; cascading style
sheets and javascript. A sample web page created is shown in Fig. 2. The web page is
mainly developed based on the bootstrap framework. Bootstrap is an open-sourced
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework that enables the UI development simple and
can be with pre-built responsive classes and other utilities (Kumar et al. 2012; Pawara
et al. 2017).
3.2 QR Code Generation
A QR code for each tree web page generated using an online QR code generator as
shown in Figs. 3 and 4. It is printed in sheets and put up on the trees shown in Fig. 5.
The benefit of using QR code is that it makes the user very much easy, which can
be freely accessed by their smartphones by either using a default scanner or some
third-party scanning applications (Picchi et al. 2015).
321
College
flora
dataset
QR code
generation
for each
web page
Filter
tree
dataset
Create
web pages
for each
tree
Hang
QR
code on
trees
Scan and
view tree
information
Share
link to
others
Fig. 1 Framework of the proposed system
3 Design and Development of Web Pages of Trees and QR
Code Tree Dataset Preparation
In the current work, detailed information on various plants and trees located inside
the campus of “PSGR Krishnammal College for Women”, Peelamedu, Coimbatore,
were collected involving students of the Botany department. Various information
about the plant documented as per family; botanical name; local name; different
parts used and their medicinal uses. Among the 1034 plant species belonging to
47 families that frequently used for cultivation, ornamental and therapeutic uses in
the campus, and a total of 20 trees taken into consideration for QR code tagging
(Farnsworth et al. 2013; Goeau et al. 2016; Endreny 2018). The dataset presented in
Table 1.
3.1 Web Page Design
A web page created exclusively for each tree using HTML tags; cascading style
sheets and javascript. A sample web page created is shown in Fig. 2. The web page is
mainly developed based on the bootstrap framework. Bootstrap is an open-sourced
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework that enables the UI development simple and
can be with pre-built responsive classes and other utilities (Kumar et al. 2012; Pawara
et al. 2017).
3.2 QR Code Generation
A QR code for each tree web page generated using an online QR code generator as
shown in Figs. 3 and 4. It is printed in sheets and put up on the trees shown in Fig. 5.
The benefit of using QR code is that it makes the user very much easy, which can
be freely accessed by their smartphones by either using a default scanner or some
third-party scanning applications (Picchi et al. 2015).