Deux-Sèvres, France, contains geospatial data representing areas exposed to noise from departmental road 611 between Niort, La Crèche, and Parthenay. The dataset, produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), models the Lden noise indicator, calculated from average day, evening, and night sound levels. It was last updated on April 4, 2019, in compliance with the European Directive on Strategic Noise Maps and related French environmental codes.
Use Cases
- Modeling noise pollution exposure for health risk studies based on the Lden indicator.
- Urban planning and zoning decisions based on isophone curves representing noise levels.
- Compliance reporting for the European Directive on Strategic Noise Maps based on the described methodology.
Strengths
- Data collection methodology is explicitly defined by European Directive 2002/49/EC and French implementing texts.
- The dataset focuses on a specific, standardized noise indicator (Lden) used for regulatory compliance.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2019-04-04 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
- Collection Method
- Collected in accordance with European Directive 2002/49/EC and French Decree No 2006-361.
- Freshness
- 2019-04-04
- Geography
- Areas along departmental road 611 from Niort to La Crèche and to Parthenay in Deux-Sèvres, France.