Animals and plants survey using the Interactive Internet Survey System (IISS)

—the Progress of IISS under JST Regional Science Museum Cooperation Support Program—

Abstract

Interactive Internet Survey System (IISS) was developed by the City of Sendai under cooperation with Japan Science and Technology Corporation and a science museum located in Sendai and established as a model project for consolidating regional science museums over the nation. IISS is now recognized as a nation-wide survey system of animals and plants. Being featured by interactive function and real time brought by the Internet IISS has possibility of deployment to become a survey system of organisms handled not only by citizens but also by biology specialists. This paper describes development history of this system, the system organization and actual investigation of animals and plants.