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Explore New Orleans
with Discovery as your guide

Guide Map New Orleans is a simple, intuitive application, designed as a handy pocket companion for your visit to the Big Easy.

This app provides you with mobile access to detailed interactive New Orleans maps. Tap to put a pin on the map that shows your current location. Browse must-see attractions and pin them too. Tap on interesting places to jump to their web sites for more information.

Select a map of the entire New Orleans area, or choose a close-up map of the French Quarter or the Garden District. Tap interesting attractions on the maps to jump to more information.

Use the "locate me" button to find your real-time GPS location and mark it with a blue pin on the map.

Pinch the map to zoom in and out. Slide your finger to scroll the display.

Browse must-see attractions, organized by category. Show your selection on the map with a red pin, or jump to its web site.

Get information on New Orleans airports, buses, street cars, taxis, and trains. Access an airport diagram for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

Search for New Orleans attractions by typing in the search window and choosing from a drop down search suggestion window.

Tab Bar

Use the Tab Bar at the bottom of each screen to navigate between basic functions. Each tab will retain your most recent screen in memory until you either close the application or double tap the tab to return to its default position.

Maps

Use the Maps tab to choose between three different main maps:

The New Orleans Area Map (roughly 40 miles wide by 20 miles high) shows nearly the entire New Orleans metropolitan area.
The New Orleans French Quarter Map shows the entire French Quarter and Downtown areas, including the Louisiana Superdome, Canal Street, Louis Armstrong Park, and the Convention Center.
The New Orleans Garden District Map shows the historic heart of the Garden District along St. Charles Avenue.

Each of these maps is hot-linked to New Orleans’s major attractions, such as museums, monuments, hotels, theatres, schools, hospitals, churches, and more. Tap any attraction icon on the maps for immediate access to more information.

Locate Me On This Map

Tap the locate me button to find out where you are and display a blue pin on the map that shows your location.

In order for this feature to work, you will need to have access to your 3G network with your iPhone, or be within the range of a WiFi network with either your iPhone or iPod touch. You must also be physically within the geographic area covered by the maps. If your current location is outside the area covered by the maps, a message will be displayed saying that you cannot be located.

Pan and Zoom

Use simple finger motions to pan and zoom on the map. Drag your fingers apart to zoom in, or pinch them together to zoom out. Scroll the map by sliding with your finger to re-center on your area of interest.

Attractions

Use the Attractions tab to access all of the attractions, organized by subject, that are shown on the Area Map, the French Quarter Map, or the Garden District Map.

Tap an attraction selection to get more options. Tap Map to go to the map and see the location of that attraction marked with a red pin. Tap Website to jump to more information online.

Web Sites

When accessing attraction web sites with this app, use the Forward and Back arrows at the bottom of each screen for site navigation.

Use the Close button at the upper left of each web site display to return to the app.

Please remember that the iPhone and iTouch operation systems do not support Flash, which can be found on some web sites.

Transportation

Use the Transportation tab to get information on New Orleans airports, buses, street cars, taxis, and trains. Access an airport diagram for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

Search

Use the Search tab to quickly locate major attractions in Washington, DC. Begin by typing any search term in the search window. A drop down search suggestion window appears that offers links to all attractions containing that search term that appear in this app.

Use the More tab to access additional information, including:

How To Use this application.
Climate chart showing average temperature and precipitation.
Map Abbreviations explaining abbreviations used on the maps.
Map Legend with a guide to symbols used on the maps.
Visitors Guide providing an interesting overview of the city. Tap on any blue underlined text in the Visitors Guide to jump immediately to that attraction�s web site.
Driving Distances from the city in miles.
Information about other applications from Discovery Channel Maps.