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1. e 2 Australian Government Q F Vea Sai Department of Transport and Regional Services TNIP Compact Transparent Noise I nformation Package Setup Manual May 2005 Version 1 0 Table of Contents 1 TNI P CV CONCEPT 1 1 Overview 1 2 Accessibility 1 3 Transparency 1 4 Potential uses 2 WHAT S ON THE CD 3 STEPS FOR SETTING UP AN AI RPORT 3 1 Contour Modules 3 2 Non contour Modules 4 AIRPORT CONFIGURATION FILE 4 1 Airport and Layout Information 4 2 Module 1 Cumulative Contour Module 4 3 Module 2 Single Event Module 4 4 Module 3 What if Module 4 5 Module 4 Comparing Contours Module 4 6 Non contour modules 4 7 Module 5 Flight Path Movements Module 4 8 Module 6 Respite Module 4 9 Module 7 Measured N70 Module 5 Al RPORT BASE MAP 6 CUSTOMI SING THE CD 6 1 Customising the Main Menu 6 2 Customising the Help Files OQ HR A HK F 10 10 10 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 17 17 7 GENERATING THE DATA FILES 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 INM Derived Files The Cumulative Noise Contours Flight Path Movements Tracks file Respite Tracks file Measure N70 Labels file APPENDIX A EXAMPLE OF AN Al RPORT CONFI GURATI ON FILE 18 18 18 18 19 20 21 1 TNIP Compact Concept 1 1 Overview TNI P Compact is an easy to access subset of TNI P Transparent Noise Information Package the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services core a2. gt lt address of the TNIP tnf file for the LAMAX contour gt lt address of the TNIP tns file for the LAMAX contour gt Whatever is placed in lt Model Name gt will appear in the Cases box in the main window of TNIP Compact The above four lines are repeated for each of the INM models to be viewed Refer to Appendix A for an example of including this module in the tnipconfig cfg file 4 4 Module 3 What if Module This module extends the Cumulative Contour module by allowing the user to observe the effect on the contours of changing the number of movements allocated to tracks The user is also allowed to display any contour level In the Cumulative Contour module the contour levels are fixed by the DXF contour file included in the package A What if module starts with the following line in the tnipconfig cfg file WhatIf lt study designation gt where lt study designation gt Is the name of the module to appear in the Airport Studies box As for the Cumulative Noise module the second line has the coordinates in metres of the origin of the contours followed by horizontal vertical and rotational adjustments for aligning the contours onto the runways If there are no adjustments these numbers are left as zero The third line is the address of the base map file while the fourth line gives the bottom left followed by the top right coordinates X Y of this map in metres The fifth and sixth lines contain the addresses of the T
3. if so required In Section 7 of this manual there is a general description of the process for generating data files the user will need to refer to the TNIP User s Manual to get details of how to generate these files Once a user is familiar with the setup process it typically takes approximately two to three hours to set up a CD for an airport This time estimation assumes that the user already has the necessary geo referenced image and an INM study for the airport in the case of setting up the contour modules the estimation does not include the time taken to run the INM detailed grids The following files which are available on the TNIP Compact demonstration CD are required for setting up a new CD i TNI P Compact executable ii Help files folder iii Autorun inf file for launching the program automatically iv Cover jpg and Logo jpg in the Input folder on the CD these images may be customized for a particular airport v Airport configuration file called tnipconfig cfg which must always reside in the Input folder This file contains information as to which modules to display and the addresses of the data files The configuration file has to be modified for each airport see Section 4 for setting up this file The rest of the files are data files which are listed below 3 1 Contour Modules Airport specific data files that need to be generated are i Map of airport and surrounds At least one map is required and satellit
4. within the Input folder contains e the base map or maps as a jpg image see Section 4 e the noise contouring and flight track data files see Section 6 6X Exploring Sydney File Edt View Go Favorites Tools Help eo gt fad Ba la Xx s Back Forward Up Copy Paste Undo Delete a a Address C C ATNIPCV TNIPCVSYDNEY Input Spdney Folders x 7 C Testbed CanbenaTNIP 2 Spa2000LAMAX tnt 50 141KB TNF File 20 08 04 8 52 PM C TNIP_Master B Syd2000LAMAX tns 696KB TNS File 20 03 04 8 52 PM e Tripi B Syd2000LAMAX tnt 322KB TNT File 20 03 04 8 52 PM 9 Trip2 F Syd2000NEScontour def 1 295KB DXF File 20 03 04 8 52 PM H 0 TNIPAdelaide F Syd2000N70contour def 919KB DXF File 20 03 04 8 52 PM H 0 TNIPCanberra E syazom DNL tns 508KB TNS File 25 02 03 1 07 PM B A Tripew E Syd2001DNLcontour def 607KB DXF File 25 03 04 2 17 PM E Input E syazooiLamax nt 96 696KB TNF File 16 05 03 5 12 PM C SourceCode E syd2001LAMAX tns 807KB TNS File 25 06 02 8 36 AM C TNIPCVATLANTA E syd2001 LAMAX tnt 282KB TNT File 11 08 03 2 40 PM C TNIPCVCANBERRA oe EMIRA w 958KB DXF Fie 20 03 04 8 53 PM 807KB JPG File 20 03 04 8 53 PM Help 3 Steps For Setting Up An Airport It is recommended that when setting up the package for an airport all the necessary files be gathered and tested using a folder on the user s hard drive Once the setup has been fully tested the package may be transferred to a CD
5. NIP tnt and tnf LAMAX files respectively The corresponding tns file with the same filename must also be located in the same directory as these two files The generation of these files is described in Section 6 They are required for drawing the flight tracks onto the base map and for calculating the single event contours Information regarding the contours in the module is then listed in the next four lines there should be no empty lines lt Contour Name gt lt address of the TNIP tns file for the contour gt lt address of the TNIP tng file for the contour gt lt address of the TNIP tnf file for the contour gt Whatever is placed in lt contour Name gt will appear in the Cases box in the main window of TNIP Compact The above four lines are repeated for each of the contours in the study Refer to Appendix A for an example of including this module in the tnipconfig cfg file 4 5 Module 4 Comparing Contours Module 13 This module allows a second set of contours called the comparison contour to be overlaid on a base contour The module also calculates a new contour called the difference contour which is the result of subtracting the comparison contour from the base contour The user is also able to view the actual noise levels at individual locations on the map by moving the cursor over the map A Comparing Contours module starts with the following line in the tnipconfig cfg file DiffContour lt study designation gt where
6. SydANEI2001 tng N70 2000 Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tns Input Sydney Contours Syd2000N70 tng N70 2001 Input Sydney Contours Syd2001LAMAX tns Input Sydney Contours Syd2001N70 tng N65 2000 Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tns Input Sydney Contours Syd2000N65 tng N65 2001 Input Sydney Contours Syd2001LAMAX tns Input Sydney Contours Syd2001N65 tng Aircraft Info Input Sydney Mvts amp Resp SydAircraft txt Movements Movements New Map Input Sydney Mvts Resp SydneyRevisedMap jpg Input Sydney Mvts Resp SydNewMvtsTracks txt June 2004 Input Sydney Mvts amp Resp NewJune2004 txt May 2004 Input Sydney Mvts amp Resp NewMay2004 txt Apr Jun 2004 Input Sydney Mvts Resp NewApr Jun2004 txt Jan Mar 2004 Input Sydney Mvts Resp NewJan Mar2004 txt Oct Dec 2003 Input Sydney Mvts amp Resp NewOct Dec2003 txt Jul Sep 2003 Input Sydney Mvts amp Resp NewJuly Sep2003 txt Respite Respite New Map Input Sydney Mvts Resp SydneyRevisedMap jpg Input Sydney Mvts Resp SydNewRespiteTracks txt June 2004 Input Sydney Mvts amp Resp NewJune2004 txt May 2004 Input Sydney Mvts amp Resp NewMay2004 txt Apr Jun 2004 Input Sydney Mvts Resp NewApr Jun2004 txt Jan Mar 2004 Input Sydney Mvts Resp NewJan Mar2004 txt Oct Dec 2003 Input Sydney Mvts amp Resp NewOct Dec2003 txt Jul Sep 2003 Input Sydney Mvts amp Resp NewJuly Sep2003 txt sdN70 Measu
7. TNIP Part of the TNIP User s Manual for details Step 4 Use TNIP to convert the detailed grid files generated in INM into tne and tns files Tnc files are compressed INM detailed grid files whereas tns files text files contain summary information on all the operations in the INM study See the The tnc TN P Compressed File and the The tns TN P Compressed Summary File sub sections in the Grid Files section of the TNIP User s Manual for details Step 5 Use TNI P to convert the tnc files into tnf files Tnf files contain the same information as the tnc files but they are structured in a way that allows rapid access to the data See the The tnf TN P fast File sub sections of the Grid Files section of the TNIP User s Manual for details Step 6 Use TNIP to generate a tnt file for each INM study Tnt files contain the information which is used to draw the flight tracks on the image See the The tnt TNIP Tracks File sub section of the Grid Files section of TNIP User s Manual for details Step 7 Use TNIP to generate a dxf and tng file for each descriptor to be shown on the CD e g N70 N80 N65 ANEF DNL etc See the N70 Contours section of the Producing Aircraft Noise Information Part of the TNIP User s Manual for details Step 8 Set up the airport s configuration file This is the key TNIP Compact file which sets up the structure for accessing all the files that have been generat
8. a file Name gt will appear in the Cases box in the main window of TNIP Compact The above two lines are repeated for each of the data files in the module Refer to Appendix A for an example of including this module in the tnipconfig cfg file 4 8 Module 6 Respite Module This module displays information about the respite from jet aircraft movements on main flight paths The module starts with the following line in the tnipconfig cfg file Respite lt study designation gt where lt study designation gt Is the name of the module to appear in the Airport Studies box 14 15 The second line contains the location of the flight path map and the third line contains the location of the respite tracks file This file holds information required by the module such as the labels and conditions for different flight paths and is described further in Section 6 Data files available to the module are then listed by repeating the next two lines there should be no empty lines lt Data file Name gt lt address of the data file gt Whatever is placed in lt Data file Name gt will appear in the Cases box in the main window of TNIP Compact The above two lines are repeated for each of the data files in the module Refer to Appendix A for an example of including this module in the tnipconfig cfg file 4 9 Module 7 Measured N70 Module This module displays information about the number of aircraft movements which exceed a certain noise thr
9. cument would assist in identifying the context of the INM study The logo is contained in the file Logo jpg and the cover image is contained in the file Cover jpg Both of these files must reside in the Input folder 6 2 Customising the Help Files The Help folder contains a file named Overview doc The body setting up the TNI P Compact CD may wish to add text to or substitute text for that which is in the default Overview file For example in an EIS process it may be important to add some EIS study specific information Similarly it may be useful to modify some of the text in the other Help files to draw attention to study specific issues There are separate Help files for the two TNIP Compact layers The Help files which are Microsoft Word documents are located in the Help folder which is located in the same folder as the Input folder and the TNI P Compact exe file 18 7 Generating the Data Files File Names tnf tns tnt tng dxf the filename will normally refer to the title of the INM study and the metric of the INM grid eg Syd2001LAMAX tnf The tnf and tns files are used to generate the Single Event Contours The tnt file contains the flight track information The tng and tnf file for a cumulative noise contour allows the user to perform what if calculations The dxf file contains information on fixed cumulative noise contour levels 7 1 INM Derived Files All the information on the TNIP Compact CD a
10. e images are preferable The flight tracks and noise contours are superimposed on this map An airport may wish to display more than one map by having two or more contour modules of the same type in the tnipconfig cfg file but with each having a different image ii NM detailed grid s for LAMAX metric This file is for producing Single Event Contours and N70 contours It must be generated since three of the contour modules refer to this file for calculating Single Event Contours iii INM detailed grid s for other metrics e g ANEF DNL LEQ etc iv TNIP generated compressed grid files tns tnc tnf and tng files v TNIP generated track information file tnt file vi TNIP generated noise contours dxf files Steps for Setting up the Contour Modules Step 1 Acquire an image of the airport and its surrounds see Section 5 for details Obtain the bottom left and top right coordinates of the map in metres Step 2 Decide on which modules to display for the airport and refer to the example tnipconfig cfg file on the demo CD for determining which TNIP data files are required for the selected modules Step 3 Run INM to generate the detailed grids A detailed grid based on the LAMAX metric is required to generate single event contours A separate detailed grid is required for each other noise metric e g ANEF DNL etc that the user wishes to show on the CD See the INM User s Guide and the Grid Files section of the Setting Up
11. ed in Steps 1 to 7 See Section 4 for details Step 9 Set up the files using the folder structure described in Section 2 Following successful testing on the hard drive copy the folder file structure onto a CD 3 2 Non contour Modules Airport specific data files that need to be generated are A map of the airport and surroundings This map must show the main flight paths for the Flight Path Movements and Respite modules and the locations of Noise Monitoring Terminals for the Measured N70 module A Tracks file containing information about how aircraft movements are allocated to flight paths on the map for the Flight Path Movements and Respite modules For the Measured N70 module a file containing the locations of the Noise Monitoring Terminals NMTs is required See the Configuration Files section of the Setting up TN P Part of the TNIP User s Manual for details An aircraft type file See the Aircraft Data File section of the Setting up TN P Part of the TNIP User s Manual for details Data files containing information from the Noise and Flight Path Monitoring System NFPMS in the format required by the modules as described in the Monitoring Files section of the Setting up TN P Part of the TNIP User s Manual Steps for Setting up the Non contour Modules Step 1 Acquire a base map of the airport and its surrounds showing the flight paths noise monitoring terminals Step 2 Set up the Tracks file for the Fl
12. es on to a hard drive The one screen graphical user interface means that there is no need for the user to navigate between multiple layers to interrogate data Similarly the one screen file loader feature on the TNIP Compact main menu means there is no need for the user to hunt around to load different types of files 1 3 Transparency It is a fundamental transparency principle that members of the public have the right to know how any statutory line has been arrived at Unfortunately to date aircraft noise contours have essentially been the product of a black box there has been very little effective public disclosure of the data that has been used as input into the model that generates noise contours There is strong public awareness of the garbage in garbage out principle and TNI P Compact has been designed as a tool to build confidence in noise contours through facilitating an understanding of the inputs into noise modelling studies Providing access to information cannot be defined as transparent if the information is not comprehensible or is presented in such a way that it is totally indigestible Many forms of aircraft noise contours have been shown to be hard to understand and to not provide a realistic picture of the noise However breaking contours down to the constituent components such as the location of flight tracks and the numbers and types of aircraft using those tracks provides information that
13. eshold at noise monitoring terminals NMTs around an airport The module starts with the following line in the tnipconfig cfg file MsdN70 lt study designation gt where lt study designation gt Is the name of the module to appear in the Airport Studies box The second line contains the location of the map showing the NMTs around the airport and the third line contains the location of the file with information about the positions on the map for writing the results for each NMT This file is described further in Section 6 Data files available to the module are then listed by repeating the next three lines there should be no empty lines lt Data file Name gt lt address of the data file containing the noise measurements gt lt address of the data file containing the operating hours of the NMTs gt Whatever is placed in lt Data file Name gt will appear in the Cases box in the main window of TNIP Compact The above three lines are repeated for each of the sets of data files in the module Refer to Appendix A for an example of including this module in the tnipconfig cfg file 16 5 Airport Base Map File Name jpg can be any name to describe the image the name and address of this file is specified in the tnipconfig cfg file The contours produced by TNIP Compact are drawn on an image base map The coordinates of the bottom left and top right corners of the image in metres are required to correctly locate the conto
14. he origin of the contours This is usually the Airport Reference Point ARP The coordinates are followed by horizontal vertical and rotational adjustments for the map in case the generated contours do not quite align with the runways due to differences in coordinate systems The horizontal and vertical increments are in metres and the rotational adjustment in degrees These numbers are negative respectively if the tracks are to be shifted to the left downwards or rotated clockwise For example to move the origin of the tracks 10 metres to the left 70 metres up and 1 3 degrees counter clockwise the last three numbers on line 2 would be 10 70 1 3 If there are no adjustments these numbers are left as zero The third line is the address of the base map file This address can be relative to the location of the TnipCV exe file or the full path The fourth line gives the bottom left followed by the top right coordinates X Y of this map in metres The fifth and sixth lines contain the addresses of the TNIP tnt and tnf LAMAX files respectively The corresponding tns file with the same filename must also be located in the same directory as these two files The generation of these files is described in Section 6 They are required for drawing the flight tracks onto the base map and for calculating the single event contours Information regarding the contours in the module is then listed in the next three lines there should be no empty lines l
15. ibuted to real estate agents active in areas surrounding an airport e Advising decision makers providing decision makers with the CD would give them access to information on the composition of noise contours in a digestible format which they can access themselves this would facilitate more informed decision making than is currently practical e nforming airport managers if a TNIP Compact CD were routinely produced as an integral part of delivering INM contours to a client it would enable customers such as airport managers to gain a much greater appreciation of the aircraft noise exposure patterns around their airports e Checking the veracity of contours the one screen interface provides a simple avenue for checking how the modeller has allocated aircraft to flight tracks in an INM study e State of the Environment reporting a TNIP Compact CD could be prepared and released say annually to capture information on the historic patterns of aircraft noise exposure around an airport this would enable changes in the noise environment over time to be monitored and promulgated e Alerting land use planners providing land use planners with a copy of a TNIP Compact CD to accompany all sets of land use planning contours would enable the planners to have some appreciation of the patterns of aircraft noise in areas outside the noise contours ie areas where development applications may be approved 2 What s on the CD The top
16. ight Path Movements and Respite modules and the NMT Location file for the Measured N70 module Step 3 Set up the aircraft type file Step 4 Set up text files of the data from the NFPMS in the format required by the modules 10 4 Airport Configuration File FileName _ tnipairport cfg resides in the I nput folder This is the key TNIP Compact setup file It is a text file containing information for a particular airport and the addresses of the data files used in the program It can be edited using any text editor The configuration file must reside in the I nput folder which is in the same directory as TnipCV exe TNI P Compact offers seven different types of modules four contour modules and three non contour modules These modules will only be available to the user if they are included in the tnipconfig cfg file Hence the person setting up the tnipconfig cfg file for an airport has control over what modules and data is made accessible Those modules which are included in the tnipconfig cfg file will appear in the box under Airport Studies when the program first starts up An example of a tnipairport cfg file for Sydney Airport is shown in Appendix A The structure of this file is described in the following sections 4 1 Airport and Layout Information The first and second lines in tnipconfig cfg contain the airport and runway names respectively The airport name appears on the TNIP Compact main menu A blank line separates the air
17. ircraft noise transparency software The program has been designed to run off a CD in order to make access to aircraft noise information as simple and widely available as possible TNIP Compact is a Viewer which gives the user an insight into the components that make up noise contours and allows the user to perform simple what if analyses The data files on the CD are generated within TNIP using noise and flight track information derived either from studies carried out using the US Federal Aviation Administration s Integrated Noise Model INM or from noise and flight path monitoring systems 1 2 Accessibility One of the prime thrusts of the Department s noise disclosure work has been to take aircraft noise information out of the realm of the expert and make it accessible to the non expert In the early stages of its development TNIP was a simple tool which could be used by a layperson However as TNIP has evolved and become more powerful it has inevitably become more complex and less able to be used by an untrained user One of the key design parameters of TNIP Compact has therefore been to develop a spin off product that can re establish the TNIP goal of facilitating easy access to information Designing TNIP Compact so that it can be run off an autostarting CD means that it can be run on almost any personal computer without the need for the user to understand how to navigate to find files or how to load fil
18. is readily comprehensible to the non expert TNIP Compact allows the user to access this information in bite size pieces and supplements it with single event noise contour information Very importantly much of the information revealed by TNIP Compact relates to aircraft noise exposure patterns over areas outside conventional land use planning contours 1 4 Potential uses The one screen interface set up on an autostarting CD means that TNI P Compact is able to considerably extend the TNIP concept of enabling non experts to gain access to comprehensible aircraft noise information Potential uses of TNI P Compact include e amp S Master Plans a CD could be produced to accompany formal documents such as El Ss and airport Master Plans this would allow the user to look inside any or all of the noise contours appearing in these documents e Community consultation the one screen graphical user interface is ideally suited to carrying out interactive sessions with community groups noise abatement committees etc on the composition of an airport s noise contours and the location and activity levels of flight tracks e Aircraft noise disclosure in house purchasing the CD and one screen format means that information on flight tracks and activity levels can be readily accessed by a potential house buyer seeking to understand the patterns of aircraft overflight at particular house sites The CD could be distr
19. level folder on the TNIP Compact CD contains two folders and two files The files are e The TNIP Compact executable e The autorun inf file which sets the CD up to autostart when it is inserted into a computer s CD drive The Help folder contains the Help files These are Microsoft Word files and can be edited see Section 5 Exploring TNIPCYSYDNEY a fa Eie Edt View Go Favorites Tools Help Ea gt td alal XxX E Forverd Up Cut Copy Paste Undo Delete Properties Views Address C 5 CATNIPCV TNIPCVSYDNEY z Folders x p My Received Files a 2 New Folder 2 Nicks pix i Setup Informat Palm Springs TP TnipC exe 784KB Application 2 Peter Yuile C Program Files ry Recycled San Francisco2003 3 March a temp 1 Testhed CanherraTNIP The Input folder contains one folder and three files The files are e the program s configuration file tnipairport cfg see Section 3 e two customising files Cover jpg and Logo jpg see Section 5 N Exploring Input O x File Edit View Go Favorites Tools Help S ca D alja x 3 S PA Up Cut Copy Undo Delete Properties Views Address z C ATNIPCVSTNIPCYSYDNEYSINnput z Name i Folders x My Received Files 4 Folder New Folder A Cover ipg 9KB JPG File 2 Nicks pix Logo ipa 14KB JPG File Palm Springs E tnipairport cfg 1KB CFG File Peter Yuile Program Files Da n ai The folder
20. lt study designation gt Is the name of the module to appear in the Airport Studies box in the main window As for previous contour modules the second line has the coordinates in metres of the origin of the contours followed by horizontal vertical and rotational adjustments for aligning the contours onto the runways If there are no adjustments these numbers are left as zero The third line is the address of the base map file while the fourth line gives the bottom left followed by the top right coordinates X Y of this map in metres Information regarding the contours in the module is then listed in the next three lines there should be no empty lines lt Contour Name gt lt address of the TNIP tns file for the contour gt lt address of the TNIP tng file for the contour gt Whatever is placed in lt contour Name gt will appear in the Cases box in the main window of TNIP Compact The above three lines are repeated for each of the contours in the study Refer to Appendix A for an example of including this module in the tnipconfig cfg file 4 6 Non contour modules The following three modules require information regarding aircraft types The location of the aircraft text file is included in the tnipconfig cfg file with the following two lines Aircraft Info lt location of aircraft type file gt The two lines are preceded and followed by a blank line The aircraft file contains entries of all the possible aircraft types to ap
21. nterval 60 RespTrackNameFontSize 24 RespHrFontSize 12 DayHrsFontSize 10 RespHrsLineSpacing 24 DayHrsLineSpacing 17 track A 40 810 561 870 condition runway 34L optype D 20 7 5 Measure N70 Labels file The format of this file is the same as the one used in TNI P Expert and is described in that package An example for Sydney Airport is shown below Sydney Airport Morn 06 00 07 00 Show Day 07 00 20 00 Show Eve 20 00 23 00 Show Night 23 00 06 00 Show NMTNameMapBoxFontSize 14 NMTDataMapBoxFontSize 10 NMTDataBelowMapFontSize 10 NMT 2 Penshurst 70 1410 70 1480 55 2450 NMT 3 Bexley 680 1335 680 1405 650 2450 NMT 4 Eastlakes 1590 1025 1590 1090 1260 2450 21 Appendix A Example of an airport configuration file Below is an example of a tnipconfig cfg file for Sydney Airport which includes all seven types of modules Sydney Airport 16R 16L 34R 34L 07 25 Contour Contours Year 2000 331438 453 6242144 757 0 0 0 Input Sydney Contours SydN70ContourMap jpg 314330 000 6223070 000 347250 000 6263150 000 Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tnt Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tnf N70 Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tns Input Sydney Contours Syd2000N70contour dxf N65 Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tns Input Sydney Contours Syd2000N65contour dxf Contour Contours Year 2001 331438 453 6242144 757 0 0 0 Input S
22. part from the base map derives either directly or indirectly from INM studies The first two of the above files i e tnf and tns files are extracted directly from INM detailed grid files grid_dtl dbf files The tnt file is derived from four files in an INM study which define the flight tracks that have been specified by the modeller The Single Event Contour function in TNIP Compact is based on LAMAX detailed grids generated in INM Therefore for a fully functioning version of TNIP Compact LAMAX detailed grids will need to be generated within INM and the CD will need to contain the relevant LAMAX tnf and tns files Separate INM detailed grids and the related tnf and tns files will need to be generated for each distinct metric being shown on the CD eg ANEF DNL etc To generate these files the main TNIP Expert program must be used This is a straightforward process which is described in the TNI P Expert Package 7 2 The Cumulative Noise Contours The dxf file which contains the information for the cumulative noise contours is also generated using the main TNI P Expert program TNI P Compact simply views the dxf files generated within TNIP Expert Therefore the form of the cumulative contours shown on the TNIP Compact CD has to be determined by settings selected in TNIP Expert The contour intervals for all metrics and the cut off level of the Number Above contours eg N70 N65 etc are set within TNI P Expert thi
23. pear in the data file Each line has three items separated by commas e aircraft name e aircraft type indicated by J for jet P for propeller and O for other e an INM model substitution for the aircraft leave blank if unknown An example of some of the entries for the aircraft file for Sydney is shown below 737 J 737300 747 J 74720B 34R 0 A109 0 H A124 J 747400 A300 J A300 A306 J A300 A30B J A300 A310 J A310 2319 J A320 A32 J A320 A320 J A320 A330 J A330 24332 J A330 24333 J A330 A340 J A340 A342 J A340 A343 J A340 A345 J A340 A346 J A340 A350 0 H 4 7 Module 5 Flight Path Movements Module This module displays information about the number of movements on jet flight paths on a map of the airport The module starts with the following line in the tnipconfig cfg file Movements lt study designation gt where lt study designation gt Is the name of the module to appear in the Airport Studies box The second line contains the location of the flight path map and the third line contains the location of the flight path movements tracks file This file holds information required by the module such as the labels and conditions for different flight paths and is described further in Section 6 Data files available to the module are then listed by repeating the next two lines there should be no empty lines lt Data file Name gt lt address of the data file gt Whatever is placed in lt Dat
24. port information from the module information described below 4 2 Module 1 Cumulative Contour Module This module displays the cumulative noise contour on the map of the airport and allows the user to view the tracks and movement numbers which were used in the model for generating the particular contour The module is also able to display single event contours for individual operations TNIP Compact allows multiple modules of the same type to be included in the CD package 1 and each module can have multiple data files 2 In the example of the Sydney Airport configuration file above there are cumulative contour modules for two different years 2000 and 2001 the first study has two sets of contours N70 and N65 whereas the second has only one N70 by uh Australian Government ha AETA TEREI Department of Transport and Regional Services Transparent Noise Information Package Contours Viewer Sydney Airport Click on a study then click on a case Airport Studies Single Events What ll Year 2000 Movements New Map Exit 11 To include a cumulative contour module in the package start with the following line in the tnipconfig cfg file Contour lt study designation gt where lt study designation gt Is the name of the module to appear in the Airport Studies box The second line has the coordinates in metres on the airport s base map which correspond to the origin in the INM study i e t
25. red N70 nput Sydney MsdN70 SydMsdN70Map jpg nput Sydney MsdN70 SydMsdN70Label txt une 2001 QHH 22 Input Sydney MsdN70 SydMsdN70Jun2001 txt Input Sydney MsdN70 SydOpHrsN70Jun2001 txt August 2001 Input Sydney MsdN70 SydMsdN70Aug2001 txt Input Sydney MsdN70 SydOpHrsN70Aug2001 txt 23
26. ry grid system for TNI P Compact to work correctly For slight misalignments between the flight tracks and the runways on the map e g if the runways are not drawn correctly on the map the position of the flight tracks can be adjusted by editing the third line of the tnipconfig cfg file as mentioned in Section 3 17 6 Customising the CD File Names Cover jpg Logo jpg Help folder 6 1 Customising the Main Menu In order to allow the user to customise the Main Menu two areas have been set up on the front page as jpg images which can be replaced These are shown on the image below Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services Transparent Noise Information Package Contours Viewer gers Sydney Airport Click on a study then click on a case Airport Studies Contours Year 2001 Single Events What lf Year 2000 Movements New Map s Cases N65 In order that the contours being viewed in the CD can be clearly identified it is expected that both of the default jpg images will generally be replaced by study specific images For example if TNIP Compact is being used as a transparency tool in an EIS process it is envisaged that the body responsible for generating the noise contours in the EIS document will substitute its corporate logo for the default Australian Government logo Similarly substituting the TNI P Compact default cover with say a jpg image of the cover of the EIS do
27. s allows for example an airport to show ANEF contours down to a level of 15 ANEF on the TNI P Compact CD if so desired 7 3 Flight Path Movements Tracks file The flight path movements tracks file in TNI P Compact is shown below for Sydney The format of this tracks file is the same as the one used in TNIP Expert and is described in that package Sydney Airport SNote Track A is Tracks B and C combined MvtsTrackNameFontSize 24 AvrgDailyMvtsFontSize 10 PercentOfMvtsFontSize 10 Lineland2Spacing 19 OtherLinesSpacing 12 track A 40 810 561 870 19 condition runway 34L optype D condition runway 16L optype A condition runway 16R optype A 7 4 Respite Tracks file The format of this file is the same as the one used in TNI P Expert and is described in that package An example for Sydney Airport is shown below Before the lines listing the font sizes the names of five respite periods and their start and end times have to be included Any name can be chosen to describe a respite period Each of these respite period lines end with the word Show or Hide to indicate whether the period is to be displayed or not on the map The respite period definitions are then followed by a line showing the respite interval in minutes Sydney Airport SNote Track A is Tracks B and C combined Morning 06 00 07 00 Show Day 07 00 20 00 Show Evening 20 00 23 00 Show Night 23 00 06 00 Show Total Respite 06 00 23 00 Show Respite i
28. t Contour Name gt lt address of the TNIP tns file for the contour gt lt address of the TNIP generated DXF file for the contour gt Whatever is placed in lt contour Name gt will appear in the Cases box in the main window of TNIP Compact The above three lines are repeated for each of the contours in the study If there is more than one module precede the block of information for each module with a blank line as shown for the Sydney Airport configuration file in Appendix A 4 3 Module 2 Single Event Module This module allows comparisons of noise footprints for multiple operations A Single Event module starts with the following line in the tnipconfig cfg file SEContour lt study designation gt where lt study designation gt Is the name of the module to appear in the Airport Studies box As for the Cumulative Noise module the second line has the coordinates in metres of the origin of the contours followed by horizontal vertical and rotational adjustments for aligning the contours onto the runways If there are no adjustments these numbers are left as zero The 12 third line is the address of the base map file while the fourth line gives the bottom left followed by the top right coordinates X Y of this map in metres Information regarding the INM study to be displayed is then listed in the next four lines there should be no empty lines lt Model Name gt lt address of the TNIP tnt file for the LAMAX contour
29. urs and flight tracks on the image The coordinates for the two required corners of the map are recorded in the airport configuration file described in Section 3 TNI P Compact draws and plots tracks and contours on a map by assuming that the map is a flat grid with units of metres This is fully compatible with the most popular map projection for small areas the Universal Trans Mercator UTM projection and its variations which are usually based on the WGS84 datum If you are a new user and are in the process of obtaining images to use for the base maps it is important to specify to your supplier that the maps use one of the variations of this projection for example here in Australia we use the Australian Map Grid As indicated above to correctly place contours and tracks on a map TNIP Compact needs the co ordinates of the bottom left and top right corner of the map and the co ordinates of the reference point in the I NM model in exactly the same projection as the map itself This is an important point to check when obtaining maps as there are many variations of the UTM projection which can differ by as little as a few hundred metres which can cause subtle errors in the diagrams produced It is not absolutely necessary to use a standard map projection and the map can use an arbitrary grid instead for example with the bottom left corner being 0 0 but the co ordinates of the maps corners and the INM reference point must be known in the same arbitra
30. ydney Contours SydN70ContourMap jpg 314330 000 6223070 000 347250 000 6263150 000 Input Sydney Contours Syd2001LAMAX tnt Input Sydney Contours Syd2001LAMAX tnf N70 Input Sydney Contours Syd2001LAMAX tns Input Sydney Contours Syd2001N70contour dxf SEContour Single Events 331438 453 6242144 757 0 0 0 Input Sydney Contours SydN70ContourMap jpg 314330 000 6223070 000 347250 000 6263150 000 Year 2000 Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tnt Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tnf Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tns Year 2001 Input Sydney Contours Syd2001LAMAX tnt Input Sydney Contours Syd2001LAMAX tnf Input Sydney Contours Syd2001LAMAX tns WhatIf What If Year 2000 331438 453 6242144 757 0 0 0 Input Sydney Contours SydN70ContourMap jpg 314330 000 6223070 000 347250 000 6263150 000 Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tnt Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tnf N70 Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tns Input Sydney Contours Syd2000N70 tng Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tnf N65 Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tns Input Sydney Contours Syd2000N65 tng Input Sydney Contours Syd2000LAMAX tnf DiffContour Comparing Contours 331438 453 6242144 757 0 0 0 Input Sydney Contours SydN70ContourMap jpg 314330 000 6223070 000 347250 000 6263150 000 ANEI 2000 Input Sydney Contours SydANEI2000 tns Input Sydney Contours SydANEI2000 tng ANEI 2001 Input Sydney Contours SydANEI2001 tns Input Sydney Contours
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