Attempt to determine principles of the soundscape map of trail (for example the trail in Karkonosze Mountain)

Głównym celem niniejszego opracowania jest próba określenia kryteriów do stworzenia mapy krajobrazów dźwiękowych szlaku turystycznego na przykładzie szlaku niebieskiego w Karkonoszach, na odcinku Karpacz Biały Jar – Mały Staw – schronisko „Strzecha Akademicka” – Przełęcz pod Śnieżką – Droga Jubileuszowa. Kolejnymi zamierzeniami są: sklasyfikowanie zjawisk akustycznych według źródła ich pochodzenia oraz opis metody wykonania mapy dźwiękowej a także jej prezentacja.The hiker following a tourist trail, receive surrounding him geographic environment through many senses. The perception of the environment research confirms that 87 % of our perception of the landscape is visual and 7 % is hearing. But the research on sound perception (soundscape) are poorly developed in polish geographic literature comparing to visual perception (landscape like physiognomy). Definition of soundscape introduced musicologist R.M. Schafer and its component of multisensorical landscape in reason to T. Bartkowski (1985). The soundscape is the subject of research in acoustic ecology which target is to protect silence against noise, to save natural sounds, search and contemplation of soundscapes. The soundscape can be presented on map like an effect of soundwalks (sound physiognomy) and as a supplement of sight. There are difficulties in accurate locating soundscape in space and map because of its big dynamics. That is why more important is to locate it in trail space than to define its borders. The soundscape map of trail will be effect of field observations. It should lead to outline typology and evaluation of soundscape. The basis of typology and evaluation should be to determine positive, negative, natural and anthropogenic sound events. The soundscape map will be base to determinate silence zone protection and unique natural sound event. Evaluation of soundscape must be component of the mulitisencorical landscape of trail