On May 8, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Matt Amory wrote: > I'm interested in some advice on building an app to pickup barcode > data > through a cell phone camera and return OPAC/Library Thing/WorldCat > etc. > results to a mobile interface. > I know that Android has a UPC barcode reader linked to a shopping > app, and > I'm wondering if this can be used or repurposed, or if there's a > better > place to begin. Consider Semapedia, funny looking barcodes to map the physical world objects to the Webbed world: http://en.semapedia.org/ -- Eric Lease Morgan