Thursday, April 8, 2010

LAB #2 Goeg. 7
1. The Quadrangle is called Beverly Hills Quadrangle.
2. The adjacent quadrangles are Hollywood, Topanga, Van Nuys, Venice, Canoga Park, Burbank, and Inglewood.
3. The quadrangle was first created and compiled in 1966.
4. The datum used to create this map are The North American Datum of 1927 for the horizontal datum and the National Geodetic Verticle Datum of 1929.
5. The scale of this map is 1:24,000
6. a) 5cm on the map is equal to 1200m on the ground.
b) 5in on the map is equal to 1.893939mi on the ground
c) 2.64in on the map is equal to 1mi on the ground.
d) 12.5cm on the map equals 3km on the ground.
7. The contour interval is 20ft
8. a) The approximate latitude for the Public Affairs building is 34 degrees, 4 minutes, and 12 seconds north the latitude in decimal form is 34.428 degrees north latitude The longitude is approximately 118 degrees, 26 minutes, and 15 seconds. Decimal form is 118.4325 degrees West longitude.
b) The approximated latitude for the tip of the Santa Monica pier is 34 degrees 0 minutes and 45 seconds. Decimal form is 34.075 degrees North latitude. The longitude is 118 degrees, 30 minutes and 0 seconds West longitude.

c) The approximate latitude for the upper Franklin Canyon Reservior is 34 degrees, 6 minutes, and 15 seconds North latitude. The longitude is 118 degrees, 24 minutes and 50 seconds West longitude.

9. a) The approximate elevation of Greystone Mansion is 560ft/170.8m.

b) The approximater elevation of Woodlawn Cemetary is 140ft/42.7m.

c) The approximate elevation of Crestwwod Hills Park is 800ft/244m.

10. The UTM zone of this map is Zone 11

11. The UTM coordinates at the lower left side of the map are 37 63, or 3763000.

12. Ther are 1000 square meters in each UTM square grid.
13. UTM Northing 371000; Elevation Line Graph

14. The magnetic declination of this map is 14 degrees from magnetic North.

15. The stream between Stone Canyon Reservior and the 405 Freeway flows from North to South.
16. Below is the UCLA campus.


1 comment:

  1. good, but your images don't appear. Remember to proof your post!

    11. UTM coordinates are expressed in meters so 3,763,000mN and 361,500mE

    grade: 8/10

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