A field investigation system based on android

Field investigation is an important job for scientists and staff of nature reserve. The traditional method for filed investigation is observing animals or plants outside, measuring related data, filling out paper forms in field, and typing into computer for statistics and analysis. This method is error-prone and inefficient. Intelligent mobile terminals running Android system become popular in recent years. They are portable and powerful. In this paper, we implemented a field investigation system based on Android. With this system, people working in filed can record data easily and store data into database automatically. Meanwhile, this system can integrate tracks with photos, videos and audios to illustrate human activity in detail. This system has been put to use and is welcomed by users from Qinghai Normal University. At the end of this paper, we look forward the future work.