Tuesday, October 6, 2009

1. What is the name of the quadrangle? Beverly Hills Quadrangle

2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles? Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, Inglewood

3. When was the quadrangle first created? 1995

4. What datum was used to create your map? National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

5. What is the scale of the map? 1:24,000

6. At the above scale, answer the following:
a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground? 1200 m
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground? 1.89 mi.
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map? 2.64 in.
d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map? 12.5 cm

7. What is the contour interval on your map? 20 ft.

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of: (Latitude, Longitude)
a) the Public Affairs Building; ( 34.071 , -118.43905) ( 34/4/27 , -118/26/21 )
b) the tip of Santa Monica pier; ( 34.0073 , -118.49992 ) ( 34/0/3 , -118/29/60 )
c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir; ( 34.10120 , -118.41250 ) ( 34/6/4 , -118/24/45 )

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park); 570ft , 174m
b) Woodlawn Cemetery; 140ft , 43m
c) Crestwood Hills Park; 630ft , 192m

10. What is the UTM zone of the map? 11

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map? 362 eastings 3763 northings

12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines? 1,000,000 square meters


13. Here is an elevation chart from west to east along the UTM northing 3771000.




14. What is the magnetic declination of the map? 14 degrees 249 MILS

15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir? North to South


16. Here is a map of UCLA from the Beverly Hills Quadrangle.

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