Geog 7 Lab Week 2

The 7.5 Minute Map


1. What is the name of the quadrangle?
    Beverly Hills Quadrangle
2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
    Adjacent Quadrangles (AKA left and right quadrangles of Beverly Hills) are: Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, Inglewood and Hollywood
3. When was the quadrangle first created?
     The quadrangle was first created in 1966
4. What datum was used to create your map?
     North American Datum of 1927, North American Datum of 1983, and National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
5. What is the scale of the map?
1:24000
6. At the above scale, answer the following:
a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground?
    5cm * (24000cm/1cm) * (1m/100cm) = 1200m
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
     5inches * (24000inches/1inches) * (1miles/63360inches) = 1.8939 miles
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
     1 miles * (63360 inches/1miles) * (1inches/24000inches) = 2.64 inches
d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
      3 kilometers * (100000cm/1kilometers) * (1cm/24000cm) = 12.5cm
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°26'15''W  118°3'08''N ; or 34.4375N 118.4994W
b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;
    34° 00' 18" N   118° 29' 58" W; 34.005N 118.4994W
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 or 170.688 Meters
b) Woodlawn Cemetery;
    120 to 140 Feet and 36.576 to 42.672 meters
c) Crestwood Hills Park;
    720 Feet and 219.456 Meters
10. What is the UTM zone of the map?
       zone 11
11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
      3,764,000m and 362,000m
12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
      There are 1,000,000 square meters contained within each square 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 of the map is 14º.
15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir?
      The direction of water flow between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir is 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.