About the Observer Pro smart phone application

Please see also Using the Observer Pro Android App — full documentation

The Observer Pro is an application for smart phones that allows you to quickly and efficiently report wild plant occurrences. This application makes it easy for you to report the species name, date, and location of over 10,000 California native and non-native plant taxa. You can also add a photograph to a report, and share it with others later to confirm identification. Your reports are transmitted wirelessly to the Calflora database, where you can edit them and see them on a map.

To use the application, you need to

REGISTER AS A CONTRIBUTOR.

When you upload observations from your phone, they go into your account in the database in an unpublished state. You can use the My Observations application to edit your observations, and when they are ready, publish them so that they are visible to other Calflora users.

WILL IT WORK ON MY ANDROID PHONE?

The current version works reliably on Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later.


Video Tutorial

Here is a short video demonstrating how to use the Observer Pro application:

Tips for using Observer Pro:

Mapping points, lines and polygons

Please see also
Using the Observer Pro Android App (full documentation)
and
Frequently Asked Questions about Calflora Observer Pro