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