enjoythai.land

Geospatial and satellite

OSM noise barriers.

Geospatial noise-mitigation and modeling layer for wall=noise_barrier and related barrier geometry near roads, rail lines, airports, and settlements.

Public OpenStreetMap Overpass API and ODbL geospatial data Free public with ODbL terms Current community-edited data Open source
Runtime role

Catalog only

Access class

Public

Access type

OpenStreetMap Overpass API and ODbL geospatial data

Free status

Free public with ODbL terms

Cadence

Current community-edited data

Last verified

2026-05-11

Access class note

Public web, file, catalog, or documented endpoint access with no paid gate implied in the source profile.

Used in layers

page reference only

Useful fields

station ID, station type, area type, timestamp, LAeq 1h, LAeq 24h, Lmin, Lmax, L90, preliminary flag, complaint category, standard used, airport or road context, barrier geometry, confidence

Reliability rating

Medium-high for discovery and context; operational reliability depends on endpoint stability.

Runtime truth

Runtime role

Catalog only

Production ready

Not yet

Entity scope

No runtime entity scope yet.

Observation scope

No live observation ingestion yet.

Decision scope

Not wired into active decisions yet.

Runtime note

Profiled in the atlas and public pages, but not yet connected to live graph computation.

How this helps travel recommendations

Turns noise data into source-backed decisions about hotel quietness, roadside exposure, airport-neighborhood caution, nuisance-complaint routing, factory or construction risk, and how much confidence to place in a station versus a proxy.

Developer reference

Best endpoint

Use Noise4Thai and PCD CSV for ambient station truth, ECAP for complaint routing, CAAT and AOT materials for airport-noise context, DIW for factory measurement methods, Labour guidance for workplace exposure, and OSM only for noise barriers and source-proxy enrichment.

Recommended refresh

Refresh daily, or more often only when the source publishes explicit current-status fields.

Travel scoring role

Turns noise data into source-backed decisions about hotel quietness, roadside exposure, airport-neighborhood caution, nuisance-complaint routing, factory or construction risk, and how much confidence to place in a station versus a proxy.

Comparable / backup source

PCD Noise4Thai, PCD CSV, ECAP, NSO, CAAT, AOT, DIW, Labour, OSM, and any project-specific airport or EIA reports that stay publicly accessible.

Example request

# Verify the documented noise endpoint before production use.
curl -L "https://overpass-turbo.eu/" -H "Accept: application/json"

Failure modes

  • There is no complete national live noise map for Thailand.
  • Ambient station readings do not prove a legal nuisance case by themselves.
  • Daily noise data can be preliminary and should not be treated as litigation-grade evidence.
  • Airport, factory, construction, nightlife, and workplace noise often live in reports, complaints, or private monitoring rather than public APIs.
  • Station coverage is sparse relative to neighborhood-level hotel or condo decisions.
  • Noise barriers and source proxies explain risk but are not measured dBA observations.
  • Geospatial layers can be large, tiled, or projection-specific.

Last checked and source confidence

Last checked: 2026-05-11.

Source confidence: Treat this profile as strongest for the exact role named above. It is weaker when the source is stretched into live availability, legal proof, or traveler-fit decisions it does not directly prove.