NEW ORLEANS CITY GUIDE — BOUNDARIES, LOCATIONS AND REFERENCES
Retrieved October 25, 2026

BOUNDARY SOURCE AND TERMS
Provider attribution: US Census, City of New Orleans.
Dataset: Neighborhood Statistical Areas, layer 0, Reference/Reference_Layers.
https://maps.nola.gov/server/rest/services/Reference/Reference_Layers/MapServer/0
Service metadata and usage terms:
https://maps.nola.gov/server/rest/services/Reference/Reference_Layers/MapServer/info/iteminfo

The source describes census-tract-based statistical areas used for planning and
reporting. These are not council districts and are not an exhaustive account of
local neighborhood names. This guide selects 19 of the source's 72 areas.
The wider local term Uptown, for example, is larger than the mapped statistical
area named Uptown. The Seventh Ward statistical area is not the full historic ward.

The City supplies the data for general information, without warranties of
accuracy, completeness or fitness. It is not a legally authoritative source or a
substitute for field verification, engineering surveys or official City records.
The service does not specify a Creative Commons license; no such license is
claimed here. Consult the linked service metadata for the provider's full terms.

TRANSFORMATION
Query: where=1=1, outFields=*, outSR=4326, f=geojson.
Selected source NEIGH_ID values:
14B, 14A, 6A, 15A, 15B, 6B, 5D, 4A, 5A, 12A, 13C, 11F, 13B, 11E,
11C, 10A, 13A, 19A, 19C.
Source polygons were simplified with Turf simplify, highQuality=true,
tolerance=0.000015 degrees. Properties were reduced to guide IDs and names.
Interior label anchors were calculated from the source geometry.
The same FeatureCollection is served by the playable map and the guide poster.
This is a selected educational map, not a city-limit or legal boundary map.
Sight pins are curated approximate landmark locations, not entrance directions.
The Garden District pin is a public-street orientation point at Washington Avenue
and Coliseum Street. The bayou pin marks a viewpoint near Dumaine Street; the
statistical City Park area includes that part of the waterway.

EDITORIAL REFERENCES
New Orleans & Company — neighborhoods and visitor orientation:
https://www.neworleans.com/plan/neighborhoods/
National Park Service — Vieux Carre history:
https://www.nps.gov/articles/vieux-carre-a-creole-neighborhood-in-new-orleans-teaching-with-historic-places.htm
National Park Service — jazz origins:
https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/history_early.htm
Louisiana State Museums — Mardi Gras:
https://louisianastatemuseum.org/exhibit/mardi-gras-louisiana
Preservation Resource Center — French Quarter architecture:
https://prcno.org/help-for-homeowners/historic-districts-neighborhoods/french-quarter/
Cajun and Creole food:
https://www.neworleans.com/restaurants/where-to-eat/cajun-or-creole/
RTA — current routes, alerts and accessible travel information:
https://www.norta.com/rider-tools/
NOMA:
https://noma.org/
City Park:
https://neworleanscitypark.org/
Audubon Nature Institute:
https://audubonnatureinstitute.org/
The National WWII Museum:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/
City emergency information:
https://ready.nola.gov/
Flood risk and Katrina context:
https://ready.nola.gov/hazard-mitigation/hazards/infrastructure-failure-levee-failure/
Cemetery access:
https://nolacatholiccemeteries.org/

PHOTOGRAPHS
Thirteen distinct Wikimedia Commons images. Each displayed image links to its
file page and carries its creator and license/public-domain credit.
Metadata is maintained in src/lib/cities/new-orleans-photos.json.