{"id":30,"date":"2015-11-21T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2015-12-05T22:16:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T22:16:16","slug":"what-is-noise-mapping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/introduction-2\/what-is-noise-mapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Noise Mapping"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"example<\/a> \"example<\/a>Noise Contours
\n<\/strong>This\u00a0Noise Map is coloured according to the noise levels in the area.\u00a0\u00a0The noise levels may be shown by contour lines that separate the different noise levels in an area.<\/p>\n

Receiver levels
\n<\/strong>This\u00a0Noise Map shows the noise level\u00a0at individual receptor points (receivers) – around the facades of buildings.<\/p>\n

\"Cross-section\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cross-section
\n<\/strong>Cross-sections help with understanding the 3-D spread of noise. Here a cross-section of a noise model\u00a0shows the noise levels\u00a0 at receiver points on the building facades.<\/p>\n

\"Tall<\/a><\/p>\n

\"New3dView7\"<\/a>Tall Buildings
\n<\/strong>Noise levels can be calculated at receiver points up the fa\u00e7ade of a tall building to see how noise levels change. These\u00a0give a quick over-view of complex situations.
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3-D views<\/strong>
\nThese are a good way to show the spread of noise.\u00a0 Here, we can see the spread of noise from a complex interchange\u00a0as both contours and receiver noise levels.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Change of level
\n<\/strong>Here\u00a0a barrier has been installed along the main road. Red colours show where the barrier reduces noise levels and blue colours show where it has had no effect due to noise from the side roads.<\/p>\n

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Averages<\/strong><\/p>\n

The noise levels over an area will be varying all the time.\u00a0 For example, noise levels may rise as a vehicle approaches, and reduce again after it has passed.\u00a0 This would cause a short-term variations in noise level.\u00a0 In the slightly longer term, noise levels may be higher in peak periods when the roads are busy, and lower in off-peak periods.\u00a0 Then again, there is a greater volume of activity from more people and traffic in the day-time than in the evening or at night.\u00a0 In the longer term, wind, weather and season all affect noise levels.<\/p>\n

This means that it is not possible to say with\u00a0certainty what the noise level will be at any particular point at any instant in time, but where the noise sources are well-defined, such as road or rail traffic, or aircraft, then it is possible to say with some confidence what the long-term average noise level will be.<\/p>\n

NoiseMap can calculate the noise level for each hour through the day. This is shown in the following video which show the noise contours between two roads. It starts at at midnight and goes through the whole 24 hours.<\/p>\n

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Measurement or\u00a0 calculation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although it may seem that\u00a0best way of doing this is by measurement, experience shows that this is not the case.\u00a0 For a start, a long-term average must be measured over a long period of time.\u00a0 Secondly, to obtain complete coverage of an area, measurements would have to be made on private property, where access might be difficult, and thirdly, measurements cannot distinguish the different sources of noise, so they would not be able to give information on how much noise was being made by each of the sources in an area.<\/p>\n

For these and other reasons, noise mapping is usually done by calculation based on a computerised noise model of an area, although measurements may be appropriate in some cases.<\/p>\n

Designing noise mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n

A further benefit of having a noise model is that it can be used to assess the effects of transportation and other plans.\u00a0 Thus the effect of a proposed new road can be assessed and suitable noise mitigation can be designed to minimise its impact.\u00a0 This is particularly important in noise action planning, where a cost-benefit analysis of various options can be tested before a decision is made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Noise Contours This\u00a0Noise Map is coloured according to the noise levels in the area.\u00a0\u00a0The noise levels may be shown by contour lines that separate the different noise levels in an area. Receiver levels This\u00a0Noise Map shows the noise level\u00a0at individual receptor points (receivers) – around the facades of buildings. Cross-section Cross-sections help with understanding the … Continue reading Noise Mapping<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":63,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/380"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}