Lab 2

Lab 2 Answers:
 
1. What is the name of the quadrangle?
 Beverly Hills Quadrangle

 2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
      1. Canoga Park
      2. Van Nuys
      3. Burbank
      4. Topanga
      5. Hollywood
      6.
      7. Venice
      8. 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). Projection and 100 meter grid:

Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) is shown by dash corner ticks.

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 inch  on map = 24 000 inches on the ground (or 609.6 mts.)
5cm = 1.96 inches (on the map)
5cm on the map = 1194.8 mts. on the ground

b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
1 inch on the map = 0.37 miles on the ground
5 X 0.37 = 1.85 miles on the ground
5 inches on the map = 1.85 miles on the ground

c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
1 mile on the ground = 0.37 in on the map

d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
If
1194.8 mts. on the ground = 5cm on the map
and
3 km = 3000 mts.
then
.05 mts (5 cm) X 3000 mts = 150 mts / 1194.8 mts = .12 mts.
3 km on the ground = 12 cm 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;
Lat  34o 4'  Long   118o 26'     decimal:   34.06     118.43

b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;
Lat 34o 0' 50"   Long   118o 30'    decimal:  34.013     118.5

c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;
Lat 34o 6' 15''   Long  118o 25' 15"   decimal: 34.113       118.42    

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park);
580 ft

b) Woodlawn Cemetery;
140 ft

c) Crestwood Hills Park;
700 ft


10. What is the UTM zone of the map?
Universal Traverse Mercator, zone 11 10 000 foot ticks: California Coordinate System of 1927 (zone 7)

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
Latitude 34o 00' Longitude 118o 30'    ( 30  / 118.5)

12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
1000 000 mts

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?
14o / 249 mils

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

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