QR Code

Black and white against a background of green trees and blue sky. Until recently, the only thing like that you'd see on a nature walk were birds and animals.But now with the popularity of QR -- or Quick Response codes -- the black and white matrix barcodes are increasingly showing up in parks across the nation, proving that nature and technology do mix.By helping tourists to easily get information on attractions, the 21-century technology offers parks an inexpensive way to provide information and to lure Internet obsessed kids into nature. Staffers simply create QR codes on stickers and attach them to exhibits or things of interest around the preserve --things like trees or geologic features. Hikers can use their smart phone to link to online maps, historic information and video and upcoming nature programs. They have found that it's not only a hit with kids -- adults love it too. In fact, at J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island in Florida, rangers and the ref...

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