“The City of Long Beach, a popular Washington beach town, is making it easier than ever for visitors to learn about its points of interest.
Thanks to a new technology called QR codes — a type of barcode that can be scanned by an iPhone, Blackberry, Droid or other type of smart phone — clients have instant access to information at 29 points of interest around the town.
Small signs with the codes provide details on such visitor draws as the World’s Longest Beach arch, the world’s largest frying pan, the World Kite Museum and Hall of Fame, a gray whale skeleton and a 20-foot tall bronze evergreen known as Clark’s Tree, among others. Many sites are located along the half-mile boardwalk overlooking the ocean, in city parks and along Discovery Trail, an 8.5-mile paved, coastal, interpretive path.”
