NoiseModelling v5.0 User Guide

Welcome on the official NoiseModelling v5.0 User Guide.

NoiseModelling is a library capable of producing noise maps. It can be freely used either for research and education, as well as by experts in a professional use.

A general overview of the model (v3.4.5 - September 2020) can be found in this video.

• for more information on NoiseModelling, visit the offical NoiseModelling website

• to contribute to NoiseModelling source code, follow the “Get Started” page

• for more information for the final results with the reference results in ISO/TR 17534-4: 2020 follow the “Conformity to ISO 17534-1:2015” page

• to contact the support / development team,

  • open an issue or a write a message (we prefer these two options)

  • send us an email at contact@noise-planet.org

What’s new with the v5.0?

Since the release v5.0, NoiseModelling validate the `CNOSSOS-EU`_ standard method for the noise emission (road and rail (for France)) and with noise propagation (read “Numerical Model”, “Validation” and “Conformity to ISO 17534-1:2015” pages for more information).

Time periods are not limited to Day Evening and Night anymore. You can provide the sound source emission for any period you want. You can also define a specific atmospheric condition for each time period now.

The computation time has been decreased. The separation between path finding and attenuation has been done in preparation to the implementation of more noise propagation model (ex. Harmonoise).

Packaging

On the NoiseModelling latest release page, three packages of NoiseModelling are proposed:

• NoiseModelling_5.0.0.zip : cross-platform version, with GUI (Graphic User Interface)

• NoiseModelling_5.0.0_install.exe : windows installer, with GUI

• NoiseModelling_5.0.0_without_gui.zip : version without GUI. Usefull to run NoiseModelling using command lines (read “Pilot NoiseModelling with scripts” page for more info)

Authors

NoiseModelling project is leaded by acousticians from the Joint Research Unit in Environmental Acoustics (UMRAE, Université Gustave Eiffel - Cerema) and Geographic Information Science specialists from Lab-STICC laboratory (CNRS - DECIDE Team).

The NoiseModelling team owns the majority of the authorship of this application, but any external contributions are warmly welcomed.

Licence

NoiseModelling and its documentation are distributed for free under GPL v3 License.

Publications

NoiseModelling was initially developed in a research context, which has led to numerous scientific publications. For more information, have a look to “Scientific production” page. To quote this tool, please use the bibliographic reference below:

Note

Erwan Bocher, Gwenaël Guillaume, Judicaël Picaut, Gwendall Petit, Nicolas Fortin. NoiseModelling: An Open Source GIS Based Tool to Produce Environmental Noise Maps. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, MDPI, 2019, 8 (3), pp.130. (10.3390/ijgi8030130)

Fundings

Research projects:

• OPTImisation technique et environnementale des moyens de lutte contre le gel en viticulture par Tours-Anti-Gel en Centre-Val de Loire (OptiTAG), funded by Région Centre Val de Loire & co-funded by European Union 2024-2027

• AMELIA, funded by the call “DIAT (Démonstrateurs d’IA frugale au service de la transition écologique) de la Banque des Territoires” 2024-2027

• Sampols 2.0: a disruptive solution for noise pollution monitoring (SIREN), funded by Eurostars 3 - BPI 2024-2025

• Nature4cities (N4C) project, funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°730468

• ANR CENSE (ANR-16-CE22-0012) 2017-2021

• ANR VegDUD (ANR-09-VILL-0007) 2009-2014

• ANR Eval-PDU (ANR-08-VILL-0005) 2008-2011

Institutional (public) fundings:

• DGPR 2020-2022 & 2025-27

• Université Gustave Eiffel (formerly Ifsttar, formerly LCPC), CNRS, Cerema, Université Bretagne Sud, Ecole Centrale de Nantes

Private fundings:

• Airbus Urban Mobility

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Warning

• The official documentation is available in English only

• Some illustrations may refer to previous versions of NoiseModelling

• If you observe some mistakes or errors, please open an issue here or contact us at contact@noise-planet.org

• You are also welcome to contribute to the documentation (click on “Edit on Github” - top of the page)

NoiseModelling presentation

• Architecture
  • 1. NoiseModelling libraries
  • 2. Database connection
  • 3. NoiseModelling with a GUI
  • 4. NoiseModelling with command lines
  • 5. Docker Setup
• Numerical Model
  • Emission Numerical Model
  • Path finding algorithm
  • Propagation Numerical Model
• Validation
  • Acoustic model validation
  • Implementation validation
• Scientific production
• Community
  • How to contact?
  • Former and/or actual users
  • NoiseModelling in videos

Input tables & parameters

• Buildings
• Roads
• Sound source
• Railways
• Ground surfaces
• DEM
• Directivity
• Receivers
• Acoustic parameters

Tutorials

• Requirements
  • Java environment
• Get Started - GUI
  • Step 1: Download NoiseModelling
  • Step 2: Start NoiseModelling GUI
  • Step 3: Open NoiseModelling GUI
  • Step 4: Load input files
  • Step 5: Run Calculation
  • Step 6: Export (& see) the results
  • Step 7: Know the possibilities
• Noise Map from OSM - GUI
  • Prerequisites
  • Step 1: Get OSM data
  • Step 2: Visualize OSM data
  • Step 3: Generate a Receiver table
  • Step 4: Associate emission noise level with roads
  • Step 5: Source to Receiver Propagation
  • Step 6: Create Isosurfaces map
  • Step 7: View the result
• Noise Map from Point Source - GUI
  • Step 1: Create the source point
  • Step 2: Import input data in NoiseModelling
  • Step 3: Generate the noise map
  • Step 4: Change the default parameters
  • Step 5 (bonus): Change the directivity
• MATSim - GUI
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • The data
  • Step 1 : Import Buildings
  • Step 2 : Import MATSim Traffic Data
  • Step 3 : Import MATSim Activities
  • Step 4 : Assign a Receiver to each Activity
  • Step 5 : Calculate Noise Attenuation Matrix
  • Step 6 : Calculate Noise Maps
  • Visualization
• Dynamic Tutorial - GUI
  • A Word of Caution
  • Case 1: A Road Network with a Single Traffic Flow
  • Case 2: A Road Network with Traffic Flows at Regular Intervals
  • Case 3: Spatio-Temporal Data of Moving Sources
• Data Assimilation
  • Introduction
  • Requirements
  • The data
  • Data Simulation
  • Execute Simulation: Generate the Dynamic Map
• Pilot NoiseModelling with scripts
  • Requirements
  • 1. Simple command line
  • 2. Bash script
  • 3. Groovy script
• Tutorials - FAQ
  • Shapefiles or GeoJSON?
  • PostGreSQL or H2?
  • OSM
  • Metric SRID
  • Primary Key

User Interface

• WPS Blocks
  • WPS general presentation
  • NoiseModelling and WPS
  • Create your own WPS block
• WPS Builder
  • What is WPS Builder ?
  • Frequently Asked Question

For Advanced Users

• Create your own WPS block
  • Presentation
  • General Structure
• Access NoiseModelling database
  • Introduction
  • 1. Use WPS blocks
  • 2. Use H2/H2GIS web client
  • 3. Use DBeaver client
• Use NoiseModelling with a PostGIS database
  • Introduction
  • Connect with Java

For Developers

• Get Started

Appendices

• Conformity to ISO 17534-1:2015
  • Clarifications on the ISO Standard and Identified Issues
  • Conformity table
  • TC01
  • TC02
  • TC03
  • TC04
  • TC05
  • TC06
  • TC07
  • TC08
  • TC09
  • TC10
  • TC11
  • TC12
  • TC13
  • TC14
  • TC15
  • TC16
  • TC17
  • TC18
  • TC19
  • TC20
  • TC21
  • TC22
  • TC23
  • TC24
  • TC25
  • TC26
  • TC27
  • TC28
• Noise Map Color Scheme
  • Introduction
  • French NF S31-130
  • German DIN 18005-2:1991
  • Italian Normativa tecnica UNI 9884
  • Coloring Noise
  • Create your own .SLD file
• Support
• License
• Glossary

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page