2010 noise rating data for major roads in Loir-et-Cher, France, created in accordance with European Directive 2002/49/EC. The dataset was produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated on the platform in March 2019. It covers road sections with an annual average daily traffic exceeding 16400 vehicles per day.
Use Cases
- Mapping environmental noise pollution based on road traffic thresholds.
- Assessing compliance with EU noise directive 2002/49/EC for specific regions.
- Analyzing noise exposure for infrastructure planning based on traffic volume criteria.
Strengths
- Data is tied to a specific legal threshold (16400 vehicles/day) defined by EU Directive 2002/49/EC.
- Geographic scope is clearly defined as the Loir-et-Cher department in France.
- Temporal coverage is explicitly stated as 2010.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2019-03-28; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Time Range
- 2010
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-03-28 00:00:00
- Geography
- Loir-et-Cher, France