Editing MaxiCode (section)

{{Short description|Machine-readable symbol system}}
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[[Image:MaxiCode.svg|right|thumb|200px|MaxiCode example. This encodes the string "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia".]]
'''MaxiCode''' is a [[public domain]], machine-readable symbol system originally created by the [[United Parcel Service]] (UPS) in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/nelson/courses/csc_cryptography/notes/lecture_20.txt |title=Bar Codes |author=Dr. Randal C. Nelson |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=University of Rochester}}</ref> Suitable for tracking and managing the shipment of packages, it resembles an [[Aztec Code]] or [[QR code]], but uses dots arranged in a [[hexagonal grid]] instead of [[square grid]]. MaxiCode has been standardised under [[ISO/IEC]] 16023.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISO/IEC 16023:2000 |url=https://www.iso.org/standard/29835.html |publisher=International Standards Organization |access-date=20 December 2018}}{{closed access}}</ref>

A MaxiCode symbol (internally called "'''Bird's Eye'''", "'''Target'''", "'''dense code'''", or "'''UPS code'''") appears as a 1-inch square, with a [[bullseye (target)|bullseye]] in the middle, surrounded by a pattern of hexagonal dots. It can store about 93 characters of information, and up to 8 MaxiCode symbols can be chained together to convey more data.  The centered symmetrical bullseye is useful in automatic symbol location regardless of orientation, and it allows MaxiCode symbols to be scanned even on a package traveling rapidly.