Hear your urban life and participate in the sonic mapping of your city
Noise pollution has become a serious social problem in many cities. NoiseTube is a research project to investigate a technology platform to monitor the daily sound exposure of citizens using a participative approach. Thanks to a mix of low-cost equipment, a sound recorder as a loudness sensor, a GPS smartphone for localization and subjective impressions, any citizen concerned with urban noise can measure and inform the community about their daily sound experiences, visualizing them on the city's map.
Goals & Motivation to participate
Individuals or associations concerned with noise- Be more aware of your daily sound exposure level and your impression
- Inform the community about it
- Explore other people's sound experiences and compare them with yours
- Improve decision making by better understanding local and global annoying/pleasant experiences in your city
- Get direct feedback and opinions from cititzens who have real noise concerns
- Track citizens' opinions after the execution of urban plans
- Open science movement: get access to the (anonymized) data
- Participate in the data analysis
- Find out what is important in soundscape perception
Contributing
NoiseTube is built around the spirit of open participation and collaboration. There are several ways you can help:
- Use this platform for real issues and projects about noise
- Blog/Communicate about this project
- Don't hesitate to contact us to give your feedback, report problems or ask for new features
The sound exposure of a user during a walk in Paris. The circles represent the loudness in dB(A) perceived by the user