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MONITORING AND MAPPING OF ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS
5.1 The organisations and agencies to be approached for the input data have been identified, see Chapter 2.
5.2 The procedures to adopt in order to acquire appropriate attribute data for the assessment of road, rail and aircraft noise sources have been identified see chapter 2. The problems in acquiring industrial noise sources have been considered in chapters 2 and 3.
5.3 The good practice and procedures have been identified in the flow diagram presented in Chapter 4.
5.4 The issues surrounding noise mapping and the barriers to the collection of data have been identified in Chapter 4. Suggestions on the means to overcome these barriers have been discussed.
5.5 The benefits of using GIS as a data management tool were discussed.
5.6 It is proposed that the Scottish Executive liase with SEPA Information Technology Department in the development of their GIS system.
5.7 The issue of product licences requires consideration. A detailed feasibility study is recommended to better understand the implications for national mapping of issues such as data ownership, copyright, validity of data, scale, accuracy, availability, data control, distribution mechanisms, formats and outputs. It is important to note that the issues identified are of crucial importance in the storage and updating of data.
5.8 Ownership of models needs to be clarified; how and or who will update the models between mapping rounds.
5.9 Currency of available data - the directive states that no data older than 3 years should be used. How does this requirement relate to digital data?
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