the situation
In all environmental administrations and ministries the implementation of the EU environmental noise directive (directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise) is an urgent topic. Noise mapping on a first level has to be completed since the end of june 2007. Noise action plans with substantial involvement of the population concerned have to be developed until july 2008. Both noise mapping and compilation of noise action plans then have to be repeated periodically every five years. The challenge
Noise mapping is done. Data should be inserted into a database based GIS to be managed. This way of data management guarantees that following activities as reporting, presentation through the web and compiling of thematic maps can - as far as possible - take place automatically. At the same time the noise mapping results have to be provided to the responsible planning departments and respectively external planning offices as a base for their noise action planning. Compiling of noise action plans contitutes a big challenge for the enforcement authorities. Solving this task means considering all relevant noise sources, i.e. roads and railways. The impact on other topics (urban renewal, traffic development, air pollution prevention, land use, etc.) has to be considered. The solution
envVision is a GIS based data management and planning system that is tailored for the achievement of these tasks. It is based on the world market leading products from ESRI and Oracle. You will be working with homogenised data and you will be supported with compact and easy to use funtions and transparent processes while executing your daily work. Cost-effectiveness and efficiency becomes apparent from the continous use of data already collected and the resulting synergetic effects, e.g.during the periodically repetition of these jobs or by extension to other branches. Traceability of processes, a high degree of legal security and transparency, a high level of automation are secured through the use of the GIS software's extended versioning functionality. As a result you will get a system with a considerable sustainability factor. | 
