One problem that is faced by ekart (Flipkart, Amazon, etc.) customers and the delivery people is to find the exact address of the customer. Especially in villages it is a big problem. Delivery people finds it difficult to track the home location. A solution is to provide a QR code of the exact delivery address (latitude, longitude) in the courier.Some updates need to be made in the purchase process. Along with the option for delivery address a map should also be provided on which the buyer can pin point the address. Google/Openstreet maps APIs are available to develop. For QR code also APIs are available. It is easy to integrate this idea to the purchase steps.
I tried to generate QR code of a random location manually. For that,
I tried to generate QR code of a random location manually. For that,
- Go to maps.google.com. Pin point a house > right click and select 'what is here?' option. A box pops up on the bottom of the page as shown.
- Click the number at the bottom which is the latitude and longitude of the address.
- Now click Share on left side menu and copy the link.
- I selected this location: https://goo.gl/maps/n52YtaxnSyG2
- To create a QR code for this location go to https://www.qr-code-generator.com/ and select URL option.
- Paste the location link and click on generate the QR code.
- That is it then it, now it just need to be printed on the courier. The full address can also be put on the QR code.
This is the QR code that I generated manually.
QR code can be decoded with a QR code scanner. Many apps are there in Playstore/Appstore. Some mobile phones has QR code scanner integrated to the camera app.
