Louisiana

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Louisiana, United States

latitude: 31.5, longitude: -92

Browse map of Louisiana 31°30′00.00″ N, 92°00′00.00″ W

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Louisiana is a state in the United States at latitude 31°30′00.00″ North, longitude 92°00′00.00″ West.

Cities

• Alexandria
• Baton Rouge
• Lafayette
• Lake Charles
• Monroe
• New Orleans
• Shreveport

Parishes

There are 64 Parishes in Louisiana, with wildly varying levels of completeness.

Active mappers and coordination

• JuanElDemografo (talk, contribs - Sulphur, Ruston, Calcasieu Parish
• Benjamin Eunice (talk, contribs) – Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Baton Rouge, Ruston, Lincoln Parish
• Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) – New Orleans East and Westbank
• Matt Toups (talk, contribs) – New Orleans, Bike routes
• A Flappy Civic (talk, contribs) - Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Ascension Parish
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   AnonymousAlligator (on OSM · edits · contribs · heatmap · comments) - Jefferson Parish

Louisiana is part of the OpenStreetMap Deep South mapping community.

Tagging suggestions for Louisiana

See Louisiana/Highway Classification for information regarding highway tagging.

Route relations

Some highways are moving from the old way-based tagging scheme to the new route relations. Each relation should have network=* and ref=* keys, as well as a symbol=* key with the URL to the SVG image found on the highway's Wikipedia article. If the entire route has the same name, the name=* key may also be specified on the relation.

Interstate highways

Mark all member relations as network=US:I; ensure tables in Interstate Highways Relations are up to date.

U.S. Routes

Mark all member relations as network=US:US. Please keep this list synchronized with United States Numbered Highway Relations‎. If "status" is blank for a column, that probably means the relation is not yet used in Louisiana.

Number	Relation	Status and notes
11	2301034 2301034	Complete
51	2304867 2304867	Complete
61	2304867 2304867	Complete
63	2304872 2304872	Complete
65	1630659 1630659	Complete
71	1629682 1629682	Complete
79	1629650 1629650	Complete
80	1629631 1629631	Complete
84	2310734 2310734	Complete
90	2310780 2310780	Complete
165	452577 452577	Complete
167	452621 452621	Complete
171	452672 452672	Complete
190	1628559 1628559	Complete
371	452676 452676	Complete
425	450774 450774	Complete

State and Parish Routes

Tagging conventions are kept at United States roads tagging/Routes#Louisiana. Some parish roads were tagged with network=US:LA:PR:<parish>. This was never fully adopted, and the more standard tagging scheme network=US:LA:<parish> is now recommended for parishes with numbered road networks.

The following incomplete table contains a list of Louisiana highways. See DOTD website for maps of state highways by Parish. Some highways may be included in the DOTD's road transfer program (RTP) and are noted as such. These should be checked regularly as they could be transferred to local ownership.

Number	Route Relation	Description	Status
1	2193828 2193828	From Bayou Rigaud to Texas
1 Business	10284350 10284350	Natchitoches
6	3805210 3805210	From Texas to Clarence
6 Business	10284346 10284346	Natchitoches
8	3805242 3805242	From Texas to Sicily Island
12	38096363 38096363	Texas border to US-90 in Ragley
14	3821835 3821835	From Lake Charles to New Iberia
27	3913667 3913667	From Lake Charles to Cameron then to Deridder
47	122989 122989	From Chalmette Ferry to Downman Rd.
101	8196212 8196212	From Hayes to LA-383 north of Iowa
108	8199226 8199226	From Vinton to US-90 in Sulphur via Carlyss	partial RTP
109	8199230 8199230	From US-90 west of Vinton to LA-27 south of Singer
378	10294233 10294233	From I-10 in Westlake to US-171 in Moss Bluff with a spur to Sam Houston State Park	Missing spur
379	10294235 10294235	From LA-27 north of Sulphur to Westlake
383	10264858 10264858	From Iowa to Kinder parallel to US-165
384	10433554 10433554	From Cameron Prairie Refuge to Lake Charles
385	10433543 10433543	From Lake Charles to 384 in Cameron Parish
389	10264706 10264706	From DeQuincy to Merryville
397		East of Lake Charles
1133	10276207 10276207	From LA-108 to LA-108 in Carlyss	RTP
1138-1	10433736 10433736	From I-210 in Lake Charles to Sallier Street	Construction
1138-2	10433673 10433673	From Ryan Street to Country Club	Partial RTP
1138-3	10433665 10433665	From I-210 to LA-14	RTP
1256		From Carlyss to I-10 in Sulphur	RTP
3020	10433648 10433648	Parallels I-10 between US-171 and LA-397	RTP
3059	10294279 10294279	From US-171 to LA-383
3063	10276208 10276208	From I-10 to LA-109 via Vinton
3092	10433737 10433737	From 384 to LA-14	RTP
3112		Between 109 and Toomey	RTP?
3186	10433560 10433560	From Common Street to LA-14	RTP
3256	10433650 10433650	From US-90 to I-10 frontage road	RTP
3258	10433649 10433649	Runs between frontage roads in Iowa

State Parks

Most state parks in Louisiana can be mapped with the following tags:

• type=boundary
• boundary=protected_area
• protected_area=recreation
• protect_class=5 for state parks (may differ for other protected areas.)
• protection_title=State Park / State Forest / State Preserve / Recreation Area
• protected=perpetuity
• name=*
• name:fr=*
• name:frc=*
• leisure=nature_reserve
• ownership=state
• operator=Louisiana Office of State Parks
• operator:type=government
• operator:wikidata=Q109319012
• wikipedia=*
• wikidata=*
• website=*

Wikipedia has a list of current and former state parks. The Louisiana State Parks website also has a list of parks and historical sites.

State Park	ID	Status
Bayou Segnette	119486789 119486789
Bogue Chitto	38476790 38476790
Chemin-A-Haut	38476787 38476787
Chicot	18171803 18171803
Cypremort Point	543775784 543775784
Fairview-Riverside	18171792 18171792
Fontainbleau	18640548 18640548
Grand Isle	4482793 4482793
Jimmie Davis	18147915 18147915
Lake Bistineau	19138423 19138423
Lake Bruin	358368419 358368419
Lake Claiborne	12599450 12599450
Lake D'Arbonne	17902209 17902209
Lake Fausse Pointe	630031611 630031611
North Toledo Bend	12599441 12599441
Palmetto Island	382619585 382619585
Poverty Point Reservoir	9168531945 9168531945
Saint Bernard	911312906 911312906
Sam Houston Jones	12599420 12599420
South Toledo Bend	12603775 12603775
Tickfaw	17500506 17500506

Possible Data Sources

The Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office's (!) offers a large set of GIS data here: http://lagic.lsu.edu/loscoweb/showall.asp

They even have maps of No, Rare, Occasional, and Frequent Bear sightings!

GNIS Sites

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a collection of names and data for locations and natural features. Keep in mind that the GNIS' map only provides a general location of a place or feature and may not be accurate. Some places are also abandoned or non-existent and may have "(historical)" next to a name.

Addresses

These sources are provided by the local government or an open data map.

• East Baton Rouge Parish
• West Feliciana Parish

Rivers, streams, and major drainage ditches

LA DOT's Flowline Map provides the name and general path of water ways.

Highway Classification

LA DOT's Functional System Map provides a color coded map of highway classification in Louisiana.