ho qhoqhoa ha lekhasi ke ea pele letotong la litataiso tsa masimo a elektroniki tse ntseng li ntlafatsoa ke bafuputsi ba Univesithi ea Colombia, Univesithi ea Maryland, le Smithsonian Institution. Sesebelisoa sena sa mahala sa mobile se sebelisa software ea ho lemoha pono ho thusa ho tseba mefuta ea lifate ho tsoa lifotong tsa makhasi a tsona.
Leafsnap e na le litšoantšo tse ntle tsa boemo bo holimo tsa makhasi, lipalesa, litholoana, petiole, peo le makhapetla. Leafsnap hajoale e kenyelletsa lifate tsa New York City le Washington, DC, 'me haufinyane e tla hola ho kenyelletsa lifate tsa kontinente eohle ea United States.
Webosaete ena e bonts'a mefuta ea lifate e kenyellelitsoeng Leafsnap, pokello ea basebelisi ba eona, le sehlopha sa baithaopi ba etsang lipatlisiso ba sebetsang ho e hlahisa.