Vendée, France, contains a database defining isophones for land transport infrastructure during the Ln (night) period. The data was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated on April 2, 2019.
Use Cases
- Map nighttime noise pollution zones based on isophone contours.
- Assess the impact of road infrastructure on local soundscapes based on the described noise level data.
- Model noise exposure for residential areas near departmental and communal roads.
- Support environmental impact studies for transportation projects based on geospatial noise data.
Strengths
- Data is geospatially referenced for land transport infrastructure.
- Focuses on a specific temporal period (Ln/night).
- Produced by a geological and mining research bureau (BRGM).
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2019-04-02 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Time Range
- Period Ln (night)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-04-02 00:00:00.
- Geography
- Vendée, France, on departmental and communal roads