NoiseMap Ltd software

The Server is the computer that hosts the noise model for NoiseMap five when using the remote database option.  It is not needed if you choose the ‘Standalone’ option.  If you want the capabilities of the remote database, but don’t wish to set up your own server, you can hire space on NoiseMap’s Cloud Server.

The limits on model size are essentially the practical ones of computer memory and processing speed – although the data input and processing techniques used by NoiseMap are designed to work efficiently with very large models.  NoiseMap five can use multi-core processors and distributed processing which make the maximum use of available processing capacity.

We haven’t tried to answer this question previously because it is dependent on so many variables that it is very diffcult to give a meaningful answer. NoiseMap implements the UK standard methodology natively. These methods were designed for manual calculation and they are very computationally efficient. Every effort has been made to maintain this efficiency in the NoiseMap implementation.

NoiseMap Enterprise Edition is NoiseMap’s long-established software for modelling and mapping noise from roads, railways, industrial, construction and other open sites. It is offered for users who have particular regulatory or legacy requirements for noise mapping who have a single type of noise (road, rail or industrial) to calculate over moderate areas.

NoiseMap is mathematically intensive.  Client machines will benefit from the fastest processors available, especially when using NoiseMap five to model huge areas. A machine specified for CAD or similar work should be suitable.  NoiseMap five is multi-threaded, allowing noise calculations to use all available cores in a single computer.