Project Number: 009 COMPLETE
Category: Tools, Noise
The goal of this task is to develop a novel geospatially driven noise estimation module to support computation of noise resulting from the operation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and other upcoming vehicle concepts. The development of the module will leverage emerging computational technologies to achieve fast and efficient modeling of a potentially large number of vehicles and operations. The module design will allow its’ integration as a component module or plug-in to other applications relying on a Geographic Information System (GIS) interface. The noise estimation approach will be based on the concept of precomputed noise grid tiles addition. The module’s design phase will identify what emerging open source geospatial and data processing technologies would be best suited to serve as the module’s computational infrastructure and assess if they can provide innovative, maintainable, and affordable solutions.