November 2005
Paper 2005/33
Dr Bernadette McKell BSc,MSc,PhD,C.Eng, MIOA Partner, Hamilton & McGregor Acoustics Division
Mr Stuart Gillies BSc,MSc, Director, Hamilton & McGregor Acoustics Division (formally Jacobs Babtie)
Mr Colin McNab, B.Arch,Dip. Arch Consultant, Hamilton & McGregor Acoustics Division
ISBN 0 7559 2829 6 (Web only publication)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to express thanks to all those who assisted with this project, in particular David Wallace, Duncan McNab and Linda Story of the Environmental Group, Air Noise and Nuisance Team, Scottish Executive; Jane Sanderson and David Grzybowski of the Scottish Executive Geographic Information Service; Martin Valenti of SEPA; Stuart Hay, Road Network Management and Maintenance Division, Scottish Executive; Alasdair Mitchell of Network Rail; Barry Lotz and Rob Owen of the Landmark Information Group; Margaret Talbot of the Department for Transport, and Pete Bonham of NextMapping.
CONTENTS PAGE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SUMMARY OF MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Aims and Objectives of the Study
Background
Report Structures
CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH
Conversion of UK parameters to Lden and Lnight
Time/cost implication of gathering missing data
Licence issues relating to mapping products
Compatibility of mapping products
Confidential and commercially sensitive data
Dissemination of the data and the format in which data should be supplied
CHAPTER 3 CREATION OF DEM AND BASE MODEL INPUTS
Ground Surface Model
Building Footprints
Building Height
Hard Ground
CHAPTER 4 ROADS
Traffic Flow
Carriageway Width
Road Surface and Speed Limits
CHAPTER 5 RAILWAYS
Rail networks
Rail infrastructure
Rail traffic volumes
Rail ground model - FLI-Map
CHAPTER 6 INDUSTRIAL AND PORTS
CHAPTER 7 AIRPORTS
CHAPTER 8 MODELLING IMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 9 SPATIAL FILTERS: AGGLOMERATIONS AND HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME CORRIDORS
Agglomerations: Identification
Agglomerations: Area of Interest
High Traffic Volume Corridors
CHAPTER 10 ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ACTION PLANS
CHAPTER 11 THE FUTURE
Making data available
Responsibility for mapping: the sharing of resources
ANNEX 1 TRL L A10(18HR) END CORRECTION
ANNEX 2 FLOW DIAGRAM FOR DATA COLLECTION TO ENSURE GOOD PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES (FROM MCKELL ET AL, 2002)
ANNEX 3 SEPA NOISE CLASSES APPLIED TO POINTX DATA
ANNEX 4 GLOSSARY OF ACOUSTICAL TERMINOLOGY
ANNEX 5 GLOSSARY OF GIS TERMINOLOGY
ANNEX 6 EXPLANATION OF CRN BACK END CORRECTION
ANNEX 7 GIS METADATA DATABASE