Laurence Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 New map shows America's quietest places. Based on 1.5 million hours of acoustical monitoring from places as remote as Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and as urban as New York City, scientists have created a map of noise levels across the country on an average summer day. http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2015/02/new-map-shows-americas-quietest-places Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVUrlacher Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 I love that the NPS has a "Natural Sound and Night Sky" division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 I love that the NPS has a "Natural Sound and Night Sky" division. That doesn't sound like a huge waste of taxpayers money to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVUrlacher Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Why so serious? The word "love" should have been in "sarcasm font"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylormadeaudio Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 That doesn't sound like a huge waste of taxpayers money to you? I would offer that it depends on their anual budget. A certain amount of funding going toward this sort of thing actually sounds intelligent. Being a sound engineer who likely spends a good portion of the day having his ears subjected to close-range signal overload (regardless of headphone volume levels) I would think even you would see the value in this. ~tt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Sounds like that work falls into the mission of NPS: "The Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division works to restore, maintain, and protect acoustical environments and naturally dark skies throughout the National Park System. We work in partnership with parks and others to increase scientific understanding and inspire public appreciation of the value and character of undiminished soundscapes and star-filled skies." More, including some cool links, here: http://www.nature.nps.gov/sound_night/ Thanks for the link Laurence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 With how pervasive noise pollution is these days, I think it's great that some people other than us are paying attention. Thanks for the links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 I'd gladly fund this instead of a fraction of some military weapons program or base that is basically pork for a powerful congressman. I like this idea a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Why so serious? The word "love" should have been in "sarcasm font"? My bad, didn't pick that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 I would offer that it depends on their anual budget. A certain amount of funding going toward this sort of thing actually sounds intelligent. Being a sound engineer who likely spends a good portion of the day having his ears subjected to close-range signal overload (regardless of headphone volume levels) I would think even you would see the value in this. ~tt Sounds like more needless bureaucracy spending other peoples money and making nonsensical laws. No thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Posted February 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Take your pick. Your welcome. Or... Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 >Sounds like more needless bureaucracy spending other peoples money and making nonsensical laws.< Which is todays Republican Party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 >Sounds like more needless bureaucracy spending other peoples money and making nonsensical laws.< Which is todays Republican Party. Not sure how you ended up going there, but it's a poor try at trolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylormadeaudio Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Sounds like more needless bureaucracy spending other peoples money and making nonsensical laws. No thank you. Again, I would offer that it depends on their budget - how they get their funding. Compared to the multitude of other financial sink holes and bureaucratic nonsense for which the government is responsible, from a Sound Engineer's perspective, I would place this very low on the why-the-hell-is-the-government-involved-in-that-O-meter. There are some projects that are worthy of taxpayers money - I'd be interested to know just how much $ we're even discussing here - probably better off starting another thread though, in order to keep this thread from turning into another sociopolitical mudbath. I'm sure the OP would appreciate it. ~tt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymz Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 In a world where an issue as serious and obvious as climate change struggles to gather support, I have little faith in anyone caring about noise pollution. I think this was posted recently, but I'd really love to visit this place : http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150110-the-quietest-place-in-the-us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 In a world where an issue as serious and obvious as climate change struggles to gather support, I have little faith in anyone caring about noise pollution. Probably true, Jaymz. But what if Don LaFontaine had read your post? "In a world... where an issue... as serious and obvious as climate change... struggles to gather support!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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