Kompala J., Lipowczan A.

The modern methods of planning land development and preparing the acoustic maps, or making assessment of the impacts on the environment need connecting the measurement data and computational methods applied with the maps of the area subject to assessment. To realise such tasks it is advisable to use the numerical information related to the map of the area, in which an investigated object is located. In this field the GIS techniques are applied, which link the cartographic maps with the databases, and enable to make an accurate location of spatial and linear resources, and to determine precisely the places in which the measurements or observations shall be conducted. The classification of roads with the view of the level of acoustic hazard enables, just in the initial phase of acoustic map preparation to identify the areas potentially endangered with excessive noise. These areas need taking immediate corrective actions, aimed at reducing the noise level. The development of the method and supplementing the layers with next ones, containing information about the range of influence of vibration generated by roadway transport routes, or information on the effects of mining on the roads and building structures, using the proposed methodology, will enable to make an unambiguous categorisation of transport routes in the aspect of their vibro-acoustic impact on the environment.