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  • 1. University of Glamorgan

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The development and evaluation of a location based education enhancement system for use with network connected mobile devices and two-dimensional (QR) codes.

 

MSc Thesis submitted to University of Glamorgan / Prifysgol Morgannwg
Faculty of Advanced Technology

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The use of location based services to link downloaded web information to the location of a mobile phone is becoming commonplace. However, the positional precision that can be achieved is limited in certain situations, especially where objects of interest are in close proximity. This project investigates the use of QR codes to overcome that precision problem through the development of an open source, web based delivery system that allows the simple re-purposing of existing bilingual materials and their delivery, appropriately formatted, to smartphones. It also investigates whether such an exercise makes good use of resources and if the ultimate users of the system perceive benefit.

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