Meurthe-et-Moselle Railroad Noise Maps for Strategic Environmental Assessment

A Web Map Service (WMS) layer provides noise maps for railroads in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. The maps represent areas where the Lden (day-evening-night) and Ln (night) noise level boundaries are exceeded, as defined by European Directive 2002/49/EC. Data was aggregated using the QGIS MIZOGEO plugin from CEREMA and last updated on April 5, 2019.

Use Cases

• Establishing baseline noise levels for urban travel plans based on the Lden and Ln indicators.
• Identifying target areas requiring better traffic management based on noise exceedance maps.
• Supplementing Local Planning Plans (LDPs) with graphic representations of environmental noise situations.
• Assessing population exposure to railroad noise in Meurthe-et-Moselle for strategic noise mapping.

Strengths

• Maps are based on standardized noise indicators (Lden, Ln) defined by European Directive 2002/49/EC.
• Data was aggregated using a specific QGIS plugin (MIZOGEO) made available by CEREMA, suggesting a defined methodology.
• The description clarifies the legal and practical context of the maps, stating they are informational and not legally enforceable.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-04-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after accessing the WMS service.
• The specific geographic scale and resolution of the map data are not detailed in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

CEREMA

Collection Method

Aggregation carried out with the QGIS MIZOGEO plugin made available by CEREMA.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-04-05 00:00:00

Geography

Meurthe-et-Moselle, France