Lab 2

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?

1966

4. What datum was used to create your map?

Horizontal: North American Datum of 1927 and North American Datum of 1983

Vertical: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

5. What is the scale of the map?

1:24,000, 1 inch represents 24,000 inches or 2000 feet

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 on the ground

5 cm * 24000 = 120,000

120,000 cm / 100 = 1200 m

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

1.89 miles on the ground

5 in * 24,000 = 120,000 inches

120,000 inches to miles = 1.89394

120,000 / 63360

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

2.64 inches on the map

1 mile = 63360 inches

63360 / 24000 = 2.64

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

12.5 cm on the map

3 km = 300,000cm

300000/24000 = 12.5

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^o04’30” N, 118^o26’15” W

34.075^o , -118.438^o

b) The tip of Santa Monica pier;

34^o00’27” N, 118^o30’00” W

34.008^o , -118.500^o

c) The Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;

34^o07’15” N, 118^o24’30 W

34.121^o , -118.408^o

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

a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park);

The elevation of the Greystone Mansion is between 560ft/ 170.69m and 580ft/ 176.78m

b) Woodlawn Cemetery;

The elevation of the Woodlawn Cemetery is about 140ft/ 42.67m

c) Crestwood Hills Park;

The elevation of Crestwood Hills Park is about 720ft/ 219.46m

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?

3763000mN and 361500mE

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

1,000,000

1000m * 1000m = 1,000,000 m²

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.