Wenn die Gesellschaft so fortfhrt, wird in zweitausend Jahren

nichts mehr da sein, kein Grashalm, kein Baum; die Menschheit

wird die Natur aufgefressen haben.
(Gustave Flaubert, Franz. Dichter, 1821 1880)

Before building a new road, we need to predict the

traffic noise generated by vehicles. Traditional traffic
noise prediction methods are based on certain
locations and they are not only time-consuming, high
cost, but also cannot be visualized. Geographical
Information System (GIS) can not only solve the
problem of manual data processing, but also can get
noise values at any point. The paper selected a road
segment from Wenxi to Heyang. According to the
geographical overview of the study area and the
comparison between several models, we combine the
JTG B03-2006 model and the HJ2.4-2009 model to
predict the traffic noise depending on the
circumstances. Finally, we interpolate the noise values
at each prediction point and then generate contours of
noise. By overlaying the village data on the noise
contour layer, we can get the thematic maps. The use

of GIS for road traffic noise prediction greatly facilitates

the decision-makers because of GIS spatial analysis
function and visualization capabilities. We can clearly
see the districts where noise are excessive, and thus it
becomes convenient to optimize the road line and take
noise reduction measures such as installing sound
barriers and relocating villages and so on. (2014)
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