Geonoise Academy

Noise contour mapping

A noise map turns a table of numbers into a picture that a manager or an official understands immediately. This half day grounds you in correct measurement first — a contour built on badly measured data is just a wrong answer drawn beautifully — and then demonstrates how the contour itself is produced.

Format and duration: Half day · 13:00–17:00 · Includes a software demonstration
Who it is for: Industrial and environmental noise practitioners, noise consultancies, plant designers, environmental noise engineers and safety officers.

What the course covers

Fundamentals of noise and hearing
Choosing measuring equipment that suits the work
Measurement technique, calibration, and interpreting the calibration result
Thai law and standards for industrial and nuisance noise
How a noise contour is produced in modelling software, with a live demonstration

Standards referenced

Referenced to the Thai nuisance-noise notification and outdoor propagation per ISO 9613-2.

Ask for dates and a quote

Available as a public course and as an in-house programme. Tell us the headcount and the kind of work you do, and we will come back with dates that fit.

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FAQ

How does this differ from the 1-day SoundPLAN course?

This one demonstrates how a contour comes about and how to read it. The SoundPLAN course is a full-day workshop where you build the model yourself.

Do I need to bring a laptop?

Not for this course — the software portion is a demonstration. If you want to build models yourself, take the SoundPLAN workshop instead.

Can a noise map be submitted to the authority on its own?

A map is part of a report, not the report. What an assessor examines is the measurement method, the instrument and the calculation behind the picture — which is why half of this course is spent on measuring correctly.

Other courses

Basic Noise (half-day course)Noise fundamentals and how to use a sound level meter properly, for people who take the measurement themselves.
Basic Noise for industry (full-day course)From measuring correctly to locating the source, mapping the noise, and choosing a control that actually works.
Noise modelling with SoundPLAN for industry (1-day foundation course)Build an industrial noise model hands-on, from data import to a noise contour you can put in a report.