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WEEK 2

1. What is the name of the quadrangle?

Beverly Hills, CA

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 meters

b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground? 

1.8939 miles

c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?

2.64 inches

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?

20ft

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:

a) the Public Affairs Building;

lat: 34 deg 04' 25" lon: 118 deg 26' 15"

lat: 34.0736 deg lon: 118.4375 deg

b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;

lat: 34 deg 00' 28" lon: 118 deg 29' 55"

lat: 34.00778 lon: 118.4986

c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;

lat: 34 deg 07' 20" lon: 118 deg 24' 33"

lat: 34.1222 lon: 118.4091

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:

a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park); 

560 feet; 170.69 meters

b) Woodlawn Cemetery;

140 feet ; 42.67 meters

c) Crestwood Hills Park;

700 feet; 213.36 meters

10. What is the UTM zone of the map?

zone 11

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map? 

37629500 Northing; 361450 Easting

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

1,000,000 meters^2

13. Obtain elevation measurements, from west to east along the UTM northing 3771000, where the eastings of the UTM grid intersect the northing. Create an elevation profile using these measurements in Excel:

14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?

14 degrees

15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon

Reservoir? 

South

16. Crop out UCLA from the map and include it as a graphic on your blog.