{"id":222,"date":"2012-09-11T00:07:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T00:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/?p=222"},"modified":"2012-12-28T04:29:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T04:29:59","slug":"analyzing-the-record-breaking-qr-code-corn-maze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/analyzing-the-record-breaking-qr-code-corn-maze\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyzing the Record Breaking QR Code Corn Maze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a been a great deal of cyber talk around the QR Code corn maze that set the new Guinness World Record recently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-223 wrap alignleft \" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Corn Maze QR Code\" src=\"http:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/corn-maze-qr-code-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Maze QR Code\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/corn-maze-qr-code-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/corn-maze-qr-code.jpeg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the media coverage of this massive QR Code on web sites like the <a title=\"Huffington Post - Corn Maze QR Code\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2012\/09\/07\/corn-maze-largest-qr-code_n_1866202.html\">Huffington Post<\/a>, the Kraay family corn maze QR Code pointed to the family farm\u2019s website when scanned &#8211; presumably a non-smartphone friendly desktop website.\u00a0 Even though the QR Code probably won\u2019t get scanned all that much in the real world &#8211; unless you happen to be flying over the family farm at low altitude \u2013 I wanted to understand the details of the code itself.<\/p>\n<h2>QR Code Configuration<\/h2>\n<p>There is absolutely no reason why a QR Code shouldn\u2019t have <a title=\"QR Code Analytics\" href=\"http:\/\/qfuse.com\/features\/qr-code-analytics\">tracking and analytics capabilities<\/a> integrated into its configuration and point visitors to mobile friendly content &#8211; and it very well may! \u00a0(Check out some <a title=\"Sample Mobile Websites\" href=\"http:\/\/qfuse.com\/learn-more\/mobile-showcase\">example mobile websites<\/a> if you\u2019d like.) \u00a0In short, it&#8217;s simple to <a title=\"Avoiding QR Code Mistakes\" href=\"http:\/\/qfuse.com\/learning\/dont-drop-the-ball-with-your-qr-code-campaign\">avoid common QR Code mistakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224 alignright wrap\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Kraay Family Corn Maze QR Code Analysis\" src=\"http:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/kraay-family-corn-maze-qr-code-analysis.png\" alt=\"Kraay Family Corn Maze QR Code Analysis\" width=\"279\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even after a\u00a0substantial\u00a0photo editing effort including contrast filtering, manual reconstruction, color replacement, and about a half dozen other\u00a0techniques, I still wasn\u2019t able to get the QR Code into a condition that I could scan it so I have no way of finding out how this record-breaking QR Code was configured, :(. \u00a0I guess this one will remain a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, congrats to the Kraay family for setting a new record and for successfully using a QR Code to bring awareness to their business!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a been a great deal of cyber talk around the QR Code corn maze that set the new Guinness World Record recently. 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