The Beverly Hills Quandrangle

1. What is the name of the quadrangle?
The name of the quadrangle is the Beverly Hills quadrangle.

2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
The adjacent quadrangles are the following:
-Canoga Park
-Van Nuys
-Burbank
-Topanga
-Hollywood
-Venice
-Inglewood

3. When was the quadrangle first created?
The Beverly Hills quadrangle was first created in 1966.

4. What datum was used to create your map?
The datum used to create this map was the the North American Vertical Datum of 1927 (NAD27) and the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83).

5. What is the scale of the map?
The scale of the map is 1:24000.

6. At the above scale, answer the following:
a) 5cm. on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground?
5cm x 24000/1 x 1m/100cm = 1,200 meters.

b) 5in. on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
5in x 24000/1 x 1mi/63360in = 1.894 miles.

c) One mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
1 mi x 1/24000 x 63360in/1mi = 2.64 miles.

d) Three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
3km x 1/24000 x 100000cm/1km = 12.5 centimeters.

7. What is the contour interval on your map?
The contour interval on this map is 20 ft.

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:
a) The Public Affairs Building
The geographic coordinates are 34.0750ºN = 34º04'30''N and 118.4386ºW = 118º26'19''W
      Work:
          34º + (04' + 30'' x 1'/60'') x 1º/60' = 34.0745ºN
          118º + (26' + 19'' x 1'/60'') x 1º/60' = 118.4386ºW
         
b) The tip of the Santa Monica pier
The geographic coordinates are 34.0078°N = 34°00'28''N and 118.5000°W = 118º30'00''W
 Work:
          34º + (00' + 28'' x 1'/60'') x 1º/60' = 34.0078ºN
          118º + (30' + 00'' x 1'/60'') x 1º/60' = 118.5000ºW


c) The Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir
The geographic coordinates are 34.1042°N = 34°06'15''N and 118.4108°W = 118°24'39''W

Work:
          34º + (06' + 15'' x 1'/60'') x 1º/60' = 34.1042ºN
          118º + (24' + 39'' x 1'/60'') x 1º/60' = 118.4108ºW
         

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park)
The elevation is approximately 570 feet or 173.74 meters.

b) Woodlawn Cemetery
The elevation is approximately 140 feet or 42.67 meters.

c) Crestwood Hills Park
The elevation is approximately 720 feet or 219.456 meters.

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

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
The UTM coordinates are 3763000 meters northing and 362000 meters easting.

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

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?
The magnetic declination is 14 degrees.

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

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