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Ground hosted components: Web console, Cloud Functions, db config
http://groundplatform.org
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Join survey by QR code #2020

Open jo-spek opened 2 months ago

jo-spek commented 2 months ago

Request came in whether function can be implemented to join surveys by QR code and not by eMail invitation.

The active user in question explained that rolling out to dozens or hundreds of agents with the current sharing function is very impractical and having a private QR code could solve their problem. A QR code straight to the survey with a sidetrack to registration and login for new users would therefore be great.

jo-spek commented 1 month ago

Would require the feature request https://github.com/google/ground-platform/issues/1793 to be implemented. I suppose from there on, QR code implementation is simple.

jo-spek commented 1 month ago

Fun little idea that came to mind, which partially relates to https://github.com/google/ground-platform/issues/2019:

Seeing that QR codes can hold up to 4,296 characters, technically a whole CSV could be stored in them. I.e., entire survey instructions could be stored in a QR and read into Ground through the Android app without requiring an internet connection. Would be hyper-convenient for accessibility. Probably redundant though, since Ground needs occasional internet connection either way.