Cost for plant survey has been dramatically reduced due to the development of mobile technology to obtain pictures with their GPS coordination. We developed a PlantGPS system consisting of an Android application specialized for collecting plant pictures and their locations using mobile devices, a server-side component for uploading data, and a web-based interface for managing and analyzing data. As examples of application of our PlantGPS system, surveys of “plants in Nangsae (Daksum) Island” and “ferns in Chollipo arboretum” were conducted. Results showed that our PlantGPS system could be used to quickly survey plant distribution in restricted area with reasonable time and effort.

• Jongsun Park(InfoBoss Co. Ltd) | 박종선
• Yongsung Kim(InfoBoss Co. Ltd) | 김용성
• Suhwan Nam(Chollipo Arboretum) | 남수환
• Kyeong-In Heo(InfoBoss Co. Ltd) | 허경인
• Hong Xi(InfoBoss Co. Ltd.) | 시 홍
• Suwang Jang(InfoBoss Co. Ltd) | 장수왕
• Suhyeon Park(Department of Biology, Sungshin Women’s University)
• Sangtae Kim(Department of Biology, Sungshin Women’s University) | 김상태 Corresponding Author