{"id":556,"date":"2016-03-28T12:21:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T12:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=556"},"modified":"2016-11-02T20:01:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T20:01:47","slug":"what-are-noise-maps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/introduction-2\/what-are-noise-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Noise Maps?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Noise Maps show the amount of noise in an open area.\u00a0 Usually, they show only &#8216;environmental noise&#8217; &#8211; mainly noise from roads and other forms of transport.\u00a0 Specially-prepared maps\u00a0may show industrial and construction noise.<\/p>\n<p>Noise maps are created by calculation using sophisticated computer modelling software.\u00a0 They are not usually made by measuring with a sound level meter.\u00a0 Nevertheless they are reliable indicators of the typical noise levels to be found in an area.<\/p>\n<p>This website describes the specialist <strong>NoiseMap<\/strong> software which is used by many acoustic consultancies and other agencies for making professional noise maps.\u00a0 It describes how the software works, the features that it provides and the information you need to make a noise map.\u00a0 If you have any queries, please contact us and we will be pleased to\u00a0help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noise Maps show the amount of noise in an open area.\u00a0 Usually, they show only &#8216;environmental noise&#8217; &#8211; mainly noise from roads and other forms of transport.\u00a0 Specially-prepared maps\u00a0may show industrial and construction noise. Noise maps are created by calculation using sophisticated computer modelling software.\u00a0 They are not usually made by measuring with a sound &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/introduction-2\/what-are-noise-maps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What are Noise Maps?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":63,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556"}],"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=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":589,"href":"http:\/\/www.noisemap.ltd.uk\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556\/revisions\/589"}],"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=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}