Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Lab 2; Due 10/12/10

1. Beverly Hills Quadrangle

2. The adjacent quadrangles are as follows, starting from the NW corner and continuing clockwise: Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Hollywood, Inglewood, Venice, (ocean), Topanga.

3. The above-used map was first created in 1966.

4. The North American Datum of 1927 and the North American Datum of 1983.

5. The scale is 1 : 24,000.

6. At the scale 1 : 24,000,
a) 5 centimeters is equivalent to (1200) meters on the ground.
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to (1.91) miles on the ground.
c) 1 mile on the ground is equivalent to (2.62) inches on the map.
d) 3 kilometers on the ground is equivalent to (12.5) centimeters on the map.

7. The contour interval is 20 feet.

8. The approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:
a) the Public Affairs Building; 34° 4' 23" N, 118° 26' 30" W or 34.073° N, 118.44° W
b) the tip of Santa Monica pier; 34° 0' 30" N, 118° 29' 30" W or 34.01° N, 118.49° W
c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir; 34° 6' 0" N, 118° 24' 45" W or 34.1° N, 118.413° W

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park); 560 ft, 170.688 m
b) Woodlawn Cemetery; 140 ft, 42.672 m
c) Crestwood Hills Park; 700 ft, 213.36 m

10. The UTM zone of the map is 11.

11. The UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of the map are north 3,759,900 and east 361,500.

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

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14. The magnetic declination is 14°.


15. The intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir runs north.

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