p3dm exchange [database]

Developed by Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD), p3dm exchange is a freely accessible web-based database that aims to monitor the adoption of Participatory 3D Modeling and to help users learn from each others experiences. The database has been designed for use by practitioners, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), people's organisations, projects, aid agencies, research institutions, local governments and others, who are all welcome to contribute and to consult the facility.

Participatory 3D Modeling "is a relatively new communicative facilitation method conceived to support collaborative processes related mainly to resource use and tenure and aimed at facilitating grassroots participation in spatial problem analysis and decision-making. P3DM integrates people’s knowledge and spatial information (contour lines) to produce stand-alone scale relief models that have proved to be user-friendly and relatively accurate data storage and analysis devices and at the same time excellent communication media. "

To contribute data to the database, users must register, which is free. Registration is not needed to browse the database.