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Contents
- 1 Participatory 3D Modeling
- 1.1 Applications (why, when & where)
- 1.2
- 1.3 Brief description
- 1.4 Where in the project cycle is this useful?
- 1.5 Spatial scale
- 1.6 Extractive/non-extractive
- 1.7 Complexity
- 1.8 Outcomes
- 1.9 Strengths
- 1.10 Drawbacks
- 1.11 Illustrations
- 1.12 Issues
- 1.13 Resources
- 1.14 Origins and history
- 1.15 Conditions for use and dissemination
- 1.16 Contacts
- 1.17 Learn more about this topic
Participatory 3D Modeling
Applications (why, when & where)
Participatory 3D modeling is a community-based mapping method which integrates local spatial knowledge with data on elevation of the land and depth of the sea to produce stand-alone, scaled and geo-referenced relief models. Essentially based on local spatial knowledge, land use and cover, and other features are depicted by informants on the model by the use of pushpins (points), yarns (lines) and paints (polygons). On completion, a scaled and geo-referenced grid is applied to facilitate data extraction or importation. Data depicted on the model are extracted, digitized and plotted. On completion of the exercise the model remains with the community (Rambaldi G. and Callosa-Tarr J. 2000, 2002; Hoare, et al. 2002).
Brief description
Where in the project cycle is this useful?
Spatial scale
Local scale
Extractive/non-extractive
Potentially empowering for researcher; can by very extractive in biophysical science.
Empowering if linked to existing processes in the community.
Complexity
Not complex.
For those applying the tool:
For participants:
Outcomes
- Diagnostic 80%
- Process oriented 20%
Strengths
Drawbacks
Illustrations
Issues
- Selecting participants.
- Ethical dimensions of sharing data.
- Who decides what is important.
- How to combine all the different plan realities (maps).
Resources
Time:
Human resources:
Costing:
Origins and history
Conditions for use and dissemination
None.
Contacts
| Tracy Baker IWMI [t.baker@cgiar.org] |
Learn more about this topic
Read Tracy Baker’s blog post Hydrologist reality check: impact rests on social inclusion
Read JayneCurnow and Yann Chemin’s blog post In the canyons of the mind
Visit the Wikipedia page on Participatory 3D modeling (P3DM).
See also the inventory profile on Polyscapes (Participatory Mapping) Tim Pagella [t.pagella@bangor.ac.uk]
References Rambaldi, G. and Callosa-Tarr, J. 2002. [http:www.iapad.org/p3dm_guiding_principles.htm| Participatory 3-Dimensional Modelling: Guiding Principles and Applications]. ASEAN Regional Center for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC), Los Baños, Philippines. [http:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9718986472| ISBN 971-8986-47-2]. Rambaldi, G. and Callosa-Tarr, J. 2000. [http:www.iapad.org/p3dm_manual_for_nrm.htm| Manual on Participatory 3-D Modeling for Natural Resource Management]. Essentials of Protected Area Management: Vol. 7; National Integrated Protected Areas Programme. European Commission, DENR, Quezon City, Philippines. [http:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9718986219| ISBN 971-8986-21-9]. Hoare P., Maneeratana, B., Songwadhana, W., Suwanmanee, A. and Sricharoen, Y. 2002. Relief Models, a Multipurpose Tool for Improved Natural Resource Management The Experience of the Upper Nan Watershed Management Project in Thailand. ASEAN Biodiversity, Vol. 2 No. 1, 11–16. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC), Los Baños, Philippines.
