LAB #2 - USGS Topos

1. The name of this quadrangle is Beverly Hills, CA

2. The names of the adjacent quadrangles are:

a. Canoga Park

b. Van Nuys

c.  Burbank

d. Topanga

e. Hollywood

f. Venice

g. Inglewood

3. The quadrangle was first created in 1966.

4. The North American Datum of 1927 & National Geodetic Vertical datum of 1929 was used to create the map.

5. The scale of the map is 1: 24,000

6.  a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to 1,200 meters on the ground.

     b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to 1.89 miles on the ground.

     c) 1 mile on the ground is equivalent to 1,520,640,000 inches on the map.

     d) 3 kilometers on the ground is equivalent to 7,200,000,000 centimeters on the map.

7. The contour interval on the map is 20 feet.

8. The approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of each place are:

    a) the Public Affairs Building;

34°4’15”N, 118°26’18”W

34.071°N, 118.438°W

    b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;

            34°0’35”N, 118°28’50”W

            34.0097 °N, 118.481°W

    c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;

            34°6’5”N, 118°24’15”W

            34.101°N, 118.404°W

9.  The approximate elevation in both feet and meters of each location is:

     a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park)

570 ft & 173.74 m

     b) Woodlawn Cemetery;

140 ft & 42.67 m

     c) Crestwood Hills Park;

            800 ft & 243.84 m

10. The UTM zone of this map is 11.

11. The UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of the map is (37)63 Easting & (3)61.5 Northing.

12. There are 1,000,000 sq meters contained within each cell of the UTM gridlines.

13. The two dots placed on Intersection 5 and 6 indicate the two intersections on UCLA campus.

14. The magnetic declination of the map is 14°.

15. The direction that the water flows in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir is South.

16. UCLA Map