Information System for Aquatic Plants in the Lower Northern Region

Abstract

This research aims to (1) develop an information system for aquatic plants in the lower northern region of Thailand and (2) evaluate user satisfaction with the aquatic plant information system in the same area. The methodology consists of three main steps: (1) the data collection phase, which involves gathering information on aquatic plants from the research titled "Diversity of Aquatic Plant Species Found in the Lower Northern Region of Thailand" (Apitsara Honghirun, 2021). This study categorizes aquatic plants into four types: riparian plants, emergent plants, submerged plants, and floating plants. (2) The system development phase, where the researcher analyzed and designed the system using PHP for development and MySQL for database management. The system's main functions include managing aquatic plant data, managing provincial data, managing administrator data, managing aquatic plant type data, and managing aquatic plant image data. (3) The user satisfaction evaluation phase involved a targeted sample of 100 individuals, revealing an overall satisfaction level rated as good, with a mean score of 4.17 and a standard deviation of 0.768. This indicates that the majority of users expressed clear satisfaction, with the highest satisfaction reported for the management of aquatic plant data, followed by system usability and system design, all of which were rated as good.