Lab 2

Lab 2: The 7.5 Minute Map

1. What is the name of the Quadrangle?
   --The Beverly Hills Quadrangle


2. What are the names of the adjacent Quadrangles?
   --Adjacent Quadrangles North of it (from west to east): Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank
      Adjacent Quadrangle west of it: Topanga
      Adjacent Quadrangle east of it: Hollywood
      Adjacent Quadrangles South and Southeast of it: Venice, Inglewood


3. When was the quadrangle first created?
   --1966


4. What datum was used to create your map?
    --North American Datum  of 1927
       and North American Datum of 1983


5. What is the scale of the map?
   -- 1 : 24,000


6. At the above scale, answer the following:
    a. 5 cm on map =   1200m on ground
    b. 5 in on map = 1.893939 miles on ground
    c. 1 mile =  2.64 in on map
    d. 3 km =   12.5 cm on 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
       --    34° 4' 29", -118° 26' 21"
       --    34.0745,  -118.4393
    b. the tip of Santa Monica pier
       --  34° 0' 27", -118° 29' 59"
       --  34.00745, -118.49990
    c. The upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir:
       --  34° 7' 12", -118° 24' 37"
       --  34.12 , -118.410278


9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
    a. Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park)
        -- 480 ft (above sea level), 146.30 m
    b. Woodlawn cemetery
       -- 140 ft (above sea level), 42.67 m
    c. Crestwood Hills Park:
         --  700 ft (above sea level), 213.36 m


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


11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?/
--  11N 361472 Easting
             3763170 Northing


12.How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
-- 1,000 * 1,000 =  1,000,000 meters^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 usinig 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.
-- West to East

520
600
640
520
520
440
400
320
300
240
200
160

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?
-- North to South


16 Croup out UCLA from the map and include it as a graphic on your blog.