BBC has a cool article piece and video today on the potential future of barcodes, called Bokodes. Bokodes are basically very small but versatile version 2.0 barcodes that can hold lots more information than traditional barcodes.
What's very interesting however is the mention of integration with Google street-view, where the small bokodes posted on the storefronts could be read by the Google street-view camera as they go by. The bokodes could contain information such as menus, hours of operation, etc... This is pretty amazing stuff and it really is a glimpse into the future. This is really taking digitization to the next level and I wholly encourage you to check it out!
BBC Article: Barcode replacement shown off.
Latitude Longitude Coordinates / Points Mapping Tool.
I was having a tough time finding a tool to map lat / long coordinates for a project. I needed to just copy and paste a bunch of coordinates and have points show up on a map, but I couldn't find a tool to do that, so I put a simple lat/long point mapping tool together.
Simply paste your geo-coded coordinates into the text box and hit submit. The page will reload and your points will be mapped. However, you must be sure to provide the latitude and longitude coordinates in the right format (this was just for internal use so I didn't bother with formatting or error checking). The right format is to use ONE combination lat,long per line. Separate the lat/long with a comma and there should be no spaces.