Table 2.
Costs of participatory mapping
| Activity/Item | Costs in TSh (2005) | Costs in USD | Costs per km2 in USD | Costs per TCU in USD |
| Technician (BSc in Geography or equivalent; skilled in working with communities, GIS and aerial imagery) | 2,450,000 | 2,156 | 129 | 3.7 |
| Field assistant (trained by technician) | 1,050,000 | 924 | 55 | 1.6 |
| CORPs (responsible for and familiar with the area to be mapped, and respected by the community) | 780,000 | 686 | 41 | 1.2 |
| Training for CORPs in sketch mapping (implemented by UMCP management team and technician) | 200,000 | 176 | 10 | 0.3 |
| Aerial photographs (printed; resolution of 1 m or better and colour images recommended) | 5,000,000 | 4,400 | 262 | 7.5 |
| Lamination (for protection of printed aerial photographs) | 50,000 | 44 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Stationary & copy costs (mapping templates for TCU sketch maps, description forms for each plot, pens) | 300,000 | 264 | 16 | 0.4 |
| 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 |
| Colour printer & cartridges | 1,200,000 | 1,056 | 63 | 1.8 |
| Motorbike (optional) & fuel | 2,300,000 | 2,024 | 121 | 3.4 |
| Total | 15,830,000 | 13,930 | 831 | 24 |
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, 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™.