Lab 2: Map Exercise

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

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?
(5 cm*24000)/(100 cm/1 m)=1200 meters


b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
(5 inch*24000)/(63360 inch/1 mile)=1.89 miles


c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
1 mile*(63360 inch/1 mile)/24000=2.64 inches


d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
3km*(1000000 cm/1 km)/24000=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° 04' 30" N, 118° 26' 30" W
34.0750° N, 118.4417° W

b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;
34°00' 30" N, 118° 30' 00" W
34.0083° N, 118.5000° W

c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;
34° 07' 00" N, 118° 24' 30" W
34.1167° N, 118.4083° W

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park);
560 feet 170.7 m


b) Woodlawn Cemetery;
140 feet 42.7 m


c) Crestwood Hills Park;
680 feet 207.3 m

10. What is the UTM zone of the map?
UTM zone 11

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
3763000 N, 361500 E

12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
1,000,000 m^2

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.


UCLA is between UTM easting 366000 - 367000

14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?
14°  East

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

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