Tools / Soil science

Soil Barcoding System

Generate printable barcode labels for soil samples.

Labeling format

{Country}-{State}-{Locality}-{Lat}-{Long}-{TimeStamp}-{UniqueCode}

Example: IN-OR-BBSR-20.2-85.8-2021-08-000100

Every field is optional. Anything left blank is left out of the label.

Example: OR-BBSR-AN100 (country, lat, long and month left blank)

Unique code formats

Examples use Name Starting Series 100, Prefix AN and Suffix S.

Format How it's built First three labels
Series The number as is 100, 101, 102
Series with Prefix Prefix + number AN100, AN101, AN102
Numeric Series Number padded with zeros to 6 digits 000100, 000101, 000102
Alphanumeric Series Number counted in 0-9 and A-Z, padded to 6 characters 00002S, 00002T, 00002U
Series with Prefix and Suffix Prefix + number + suffix AN100S, AN101S, AN102S
Random 6 random letters and digits (no look-alike 0/O or 1/I) K7M2QX, P4HZ9C, W3TNB8

Barcode

The barcode encodes Barcode Prefix + Overall Barcode Series, counting up per label. With prefix SSL and series 10000000: SSL10000000, SSL10000001, SSL10000002. Leave the prefix blank to get 10000000, 10000001, and so on.