RObert, there is a company in Massachusetts that specializes in this stuff. I don't remember the company. But they do noise analysis for airports. They have a product that does this. I sold them a copy of MI like 2-3 years ago. Dan Dan Munson Director of Sales & Marketing CDS Business Mapping 800-746-7797 Mapping for the Next Millennium -----Original Message----- From: Robert Crossley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'MapInfo List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 4:41 PM Subject: MI: AD (sort of) mapInfo tools for Noise Modelling at Airports >This is sort of an AD to see if anybody is interested in noise modelling >and could use some tools that I have developed, but is more of a broadcast >to see if anybody may be working in this obscure area and need a hand. > >I have recently developed some tools to intgrate Mapinfo with the FAA's >Integrated Noise Model. At present they are mainly hack tools specific to >the airports that they were developed for (Adelaide, Coolangatta and >Parafield), but there is a basis for easy adaption to other locations. Is >anyone interested? > >The tools include: > >Generation of the binary 3CD file around the airport from a terrain model >in MapInfo, even if it exists somewhere else in the world other than the US >(strangely enough, this matters). > >Calculation of the x and y distances from a reference point for runway ends >or naviagation points > >Generation of flight paths in real world coordinates from the trk_segs.dbf >database in INM, without going through DXF and retaining the flight path >identifier in the database > >Generation of the noise contours in real-world coordinates from the >contours.dbf in INM so that you can overlay them onto other data. > >These were all bundled with an Access program that created INM input files >from numbers of aircraft going to different destinations, runway usage for >different categories of aircraft, night-time/ daytime usage and rules for >flight path allocation based on destination. The program also >automatically ran the INM model and then generated the contours after the >modfel was run and produced a bitmap of the result. At one stage, we even >had it working over the web so that you could input your data and run the >model on our server over the web, but sometimes you can try to be just too >tricky for your own good. > >Anyway, Is anybody interested in these sorts of tools? I am not really in >the industry and chances are they will not further developed unless htere >is some interest elsewhere. I now know more about airports and flight >paths used etc. than any soil scientist should. Perhaps it could be put to >use somewhere else (preferably at an airport near some ski fields?). > >Robert. > >Robert Crossley >Trinity Software >10 Trinity Street >Parramatta Park >CAIRNS 4870 > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: www.trinitysoftware.com.au >ftp: ftp.trinitysoftware.com.au > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put >"unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
