Product Description

Streetwise New Orleans Map - Laminated Center City Street Map of New Orleans, Louisiana - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated streetcar & bus lines with stations

This map covers the following areas:
Main New Orleans Map 1:12,000
Uptown Map 1:31,000
New Orleans Area Map 1:130,000

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34903 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Map
• 1 pages

Review
"In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE." --Chicago Daily Herald

"STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential." --Travel & Leisure Magazine

'Don't leave home without STREETWISE.' --The New York Times

'STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential.' --Travel + Leisure Magazine

About the Author
STREETWISE® is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. We've set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where you've never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.

The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970's, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.

After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.

He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.

More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.

Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.

Today, STREETWISE® produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.

Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE® is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesn't match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, we've done the work, now you have the adventure.

In the end, it's not about the map, it's about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. It's about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE® is the great map that you need.

Customer Reviews

great for travel
I always appreciate these Streetwise maps. The fold easily and are laminated so you can toss them into a travel bag, back pack or purse without worry. Very durable compared to most maps.

My only complaint is that I wish it were just a tad smaller...it is just a tiny bit too big to fit in my back jeans pockets. A long time ago I had several maps that were similarly laminated and easy to fold, but had more than the four sections this one has, so it folded smaller and was thus even easier to carry when you aren't lugging a bag around.

Streetwise New Orleans Map - laminated
A nifty little map/guide that hilites important places, is easy to read and carry with you. Will take a physical beating as well. Good purchase.

handy little map of New Orleans
This small laminated map was very handy while on vacation in New Orleans. I did think the price (after shipping ) of over $10 was a bit pricey but hopefully it will last for a long time.Great detail, even had our hotel on it!