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Table 2 Costs of participatory mapping

From: Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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

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  1. 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 Earthâ„¢.