How Noisy Is Your Neighborhood?

Re:How Noisy Is Your Neighborhood? by ebrewste on Friday March 24, 2017 @04:21PM (#13951942)

It doesn't even account for all airports. I live near a Navy base and it doesn't show a thing, despite fighter jets making loops around the base. The nearby commercial airport is shown prominently, though.

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Re:How Noisy Is Your Neighborhood? by mohaine on Friday March 24, 2017 @05:52PM (#13952531)

If you look it is really a "National Transportation Noise Map" from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. I'm pretty sure those fighter jets are not considered "transportation"

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Re:How Noisy Is Your Neighborhood? by bnycum on Friday March 24, 2017 @04:51PM (#13952131)

I also live near a military base, and it's not accounted for either. B-52's aren't exactly quiet. Both the regional airport, and smaller airport are shown fine though.

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Re:How Noisy Is Your Neighborhood? by paulddraper on Friday March 24, 2017 @08:04PM (#13953251)

It definitely accounts for airports around me.

There's a big N-S swath for SLC, and then a smaller X at PVU for the frequent flightpaths.

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Re:How Noisy Is Your Neighborhood? by dahart on Saturday March 25, 2017 @01:22AM (#13954239)

And a few of the airports seem wrong. Not sure if it's a bug, but check out Klamath Falls, Oregon and Bangor, Maine. The noise contour of Klamath is visibly wider than the entire Bay Area, that seems unlikely.

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Re:How Noisy Is Your Neighborhood? by dawnerd on Friday March 24, 2017 @07:45PM (#13953164)

I used to live near a Navy Base and their planes/helicopters would rattle the house every week. I think if they took that into account the whole city would be bright red...

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