Table 2 |
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Costs of participatory mapping |
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Activity/Item |
Costs in TSh (2005) |
Costs in USD |
Costs per km2 in USD |
Costs per TCU in USD |
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Technician (BSc in Geography or equivalent; skilled in working with communities, GIS and aerial imagery) |
2,450,000 |
2,156 |
129 |
3.7 |
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Field assistant (trained by technician) |
1,050,000 |
924 |
55 |
1.6 |
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CORPs (responsible for and familiar with the area to be mapped, and respected by the community) |
780,000 |
686 |
41 |
1.2 |
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Training for CORPs in sketch mapping (implemented by UMCP management team and technician) |
200,000 |
176 |
10 |
0.3 |
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Aerial photographs (printed; resolution of 1 m or better and colour images recommended) |
5,000,000 |
4,400 |
262 |
7.5 |
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Lamination (for protection of printed aerial photographs) |
50,000 |
44 |
3 |
0.1 |
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Stationary & copy costs (mapping templates for TCU sketch maps, description forms for each plot, pens) |
300,000 |
264 |
16 |
0.4 |
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Computer with GIS software (for example MapInfo Professional 6.0, ArcView 3.2 or more recent versions) |
2,500,000 |
2,200 |
131 |
3.7 |
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Colour printer & cartridges |
1,200,000 |
1,056 |
63 |
1.8 |
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Motorbike (optional) & fuel |
2,300,000 |
2,024 |
121 |
3.4 |
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Total |
15,830,000 |
13,930 |
831 |
24 |
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The costs of the participatory mapping for a total of three wards (16.8 km2) with a total of 589 TCUs are calculated on the following basis: Two CORPs per day with a daily remuneration of TSh 3,000 per person, with five working days per week over a period of six months. Exchange rate: TSh 1,000 = USD 0.88 (source: http://www.oanda.com webcite, September 1, 2005). The amount for item "aerial photographs" may vary due to availability; adequate imagery might be freely available, e.g. from Google Earth™. |
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Dongus et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:37 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-37 |
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