Lab 2 Assignment

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?
North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 1927) and 1983 (NAD 1983).

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?
1,200 meters

b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
1.8936 miles
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?

2.639 inches

d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
12.5 centimeters

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

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

a) the Public Affairs Building;

118°24’5’’ E (118.401 E) and 34°4’30’’ (34.075 N)

b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;

118°30’ E (118. 5 E) and 34° 00’ 15’’ (34.004 N)

c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;

118°25’5’’ E (118.42 E) and 34°6’30’’ (34.108 N)

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

a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park);

550,000 feet / 167,640 meters

b) Woodlawn Cemetery;

135,000 feet / 41,148 meters

c) Crestwood Hills Park;

600,000 feet / 182,880 meters

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

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
37,630,000 meters

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

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 (hint: create a line chart). Figure out how to label the elevation values to the two measurements on campus. Insert your elevation profile as a graphic in your blog.

14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?

-14

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

South

16. Crop out (i.e., cut and paste) UCLA from the map and include it as a graphic on your blog.