Week 2: Beverly Hills Quagrangle

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 1983 and North American Datum of 1927

5. What is the scale of the map?

Scale- 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?

5 centimeters on the map = 1,200 meters on the ground


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


5 inches on the map = 1.893939394 miles on the ground

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


1 mile on the ground = 2.64 inches on the map

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

3 kilometer on the ground = 12.5 centimeters on the map

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: 34° 4' 30'' N 118° 26' 14'' W or 34.0749° N 118.4372° W

b) the tip of Santa Monica pier: 34° 0' 31'' N 118° 29' 52'' W or 34.0086° N 118.4979° W

c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir: 34° 7' 10'' N 118° 24' 37'' W or 34.1195° N 118.4104° W

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

a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park): 570ft; 174 m

b) Woodlawn Cemetery: 140ft; 43 m

c) Crestwood Hills Park: 620ft; 189 m

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?

3,763,000 mN and 361,500 mE


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

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


13. Obtain elevation measurements, from west to east along the UTM northing 3771000, where the eastings of the UTM grid intersect the northing. 

14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?


14°, 249 miles

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

North to South


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