Lab 1b

1. What is the name of the quadrangle?

Beverly Hills

2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?

Van Nuys, Canoga Park, Burbank, Hollywood, Venice, and Inglewood

3. When was the quadrangle first created?

1995

4. What datum was used to create your map?

North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) and North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)

5. What is the scale of the map?

1:24,000 which means one inch on the map is 24,000 inches on the ground

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?

2.639 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?

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’ 27.588”

b) the tip of Santa Monica pier?

34˚ 0’ 27.072”

c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir?

34˚ 2’ 38.292”

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

a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park)?

580 feet; 176.83 meters

b) Woodlawn Cemetery?

140 feet; 42.67 meters

c) Crestwood Hills Park?

620 feet; 188.98 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?

34˚00’, 118˚30’

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

1000 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. Label the elevation values to the two measurements on campus.

Elevation values along the UTM northing 3771000

14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?

magnetic compass needle will always point 14 degrees to the east of true geographic north

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

The water flows south.

16. UCLA from the map.