Many, Many Questions

1.        What is the name of the quadrangle?

Beverly Hills Quadrangle, California- Los Angeles

7.5 minute series

2.        What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?

1.        Conoga Park

2.        Van Nuys

3.        Burbank

4.        Topanga

5.        Hollywood

6.        Venice

7.        Inglewood

3.        When was the quadrangle first created?

1995

4.        What datum was used to create your map?

National Geographic Vertical Datum of 1929

5.        What is the scale of the map?

1:24,000

6.        At the above scale, answer the following

a.        5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground?

1,200 meters

b.       5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?

0.189 miles

c.        1 mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?

2.64 inches

d.       3 km on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?

300,000 centimeters

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?

a.        Public Affairs Building

34°, 4’, 4” latitude (34.067)

118°, 41’, 55” longitude (118.699)

b.       The tip of the Santa Monica pier

34°, 1’, 2” latitude (34.017)

11°8, 30’,15” longitude (118.504)

c.        Upper Franklin Canyon Resevoir

34°, 24’, 15” latitude (34.404)

118°, 48’, 30” longitude (118.808)

9.        What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of

a.        Greystone Mansion

480 feet, 146.304 meters

b.       Woodlawn Cemetary

110 feet, 33.538 meters

c.        Crestwood Hills Park

580 feet, 176.784 meters

10.     What is the UTM zone of the map?

0°, 48’

11.     What are the coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?

³⁷63⁰⁰⁰

12.     How many square meters are contained within each cell of the UTM gridlines?

1000 meters squared

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14.     What is the magnetic declination of the map?

14°

15.     In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Resevoir?

South

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Interesting? I think yes.

From

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/GAttack/World.htm

        "1580-2011 Map of World's Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks (N=2,463)"

     This map shows the documented "unprovoked" shark attacks around the world for the past 431 years. Interestingly enough there were documented shark attacks in the 1500s. North America, (excluding Hawaii) surpasses the other countries by far, totaling 980 shark attacks and has almost twice that of Australia. The map itself does not show further information, which is provided by the website, about how many of the total attacks were fatal. Only 36 of the 980 in the U.S. were fatal, whereas 144 of the 488 in Australia were fatal. Africa coming up third, has documented 314 shark attacks, 85 which were fatal. Surprisingly there are only 3 in Bermuda, 0 of which were fatal, and 67 in the Bahamas.

     What could the low rate of fatalities in America mean, I wonder? Is America so populated and surrounded by hospitals that in the case of a shark attack, there is a way to get help? Are the sharks more aggressive around Australia? It would be interesting to find out what each person was doing during the attack. Certainly surfing is an important culture trait of Australia, the U.S., and South America, but why is the number so incredibly high in America? And in which parts of the world are the highest concentrations of dangerous sharks? Another interesting aspect of these facts and this map, is that Hawaii is an extremely small chain of Islands, whereas South America is a large continent, but they both have the same amount of attacks. 

    

From

http://fullygeek.com/2007/11/ufo-sightings-hotspots-map-of-the-usa/

      "UFO sightings hotspots maps of the USA"

     This choropleth map, which was created in Chicago by the "J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO studies", shows the amount of sightings of UFOs per 100,000 people in counties all around the country. The lighter shades of yellow represent the lowest number of sightings and the darker shades of orange and the darkest, red, represent the highest numbers. Unsurprisingly, a large concentration of sightings occurred in New Mexico and other counties scattered in the middle of the country. The east coast has little to no sightings and the SouthEast portion of the country is the lightest part of the entire map, with little areas of darker yellow, or the interval that represents 15-29 people. The west coast has a higher concentration of sightings from the borders of Texas to California. Not only is the entire west portion of the United States darker than the rest, but it has large areas many sightings, represented by the red shading. Randomly in Wisconsin is a large county with a high concentration of UFO sightings.

     Locations of major cities, such as Los Angeles, San Fransisco, New York, Huston all seem to steer clear from sighting many UFOs. Could this be because the city lights are just too bright to allow us to see beyond our own street lights? Are we too busy to look up at the sky for long periods of time? Is this a reliable source of information? Probably not. Surprisingly enough, California is void of the interval 0-4 sightings, which means that at least 5 people throughout each county have seen a UFO; the sae goes for Arizona, New Mexico. Every other state does have counties shaded the brightest yellow, which is the lowest interval. It would seem important to create another map noting the mental state of each viewer of these UFOs, and possibly their job description- perhaps they work outside all the time, or maybe they have top secret equipment.

From
http://chartsbin.com/view/1017     
      "Most Consumed Alcoholic Beverage by Country"


      This map shows what most consumed alcoholic beverage is throughout the entire world, given the potion of beer, wine, spirits, and other alcohol. Other alcohol is a questionable option, what is "other" if not in the category of spirits? The majority of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and the northern parts of South America consume beer the most out of all these beverages. Russia and other Asian countries seem to favor spirits. Of course, Italy and neighbroing countries favor wine, as well as the southern most parts of South America. These questionable "other" alcoholic drinks are consumed mostly in Africa, but not in other places around the world.
       I do not find it surprising that the beverage of choice for America is Beer, however I would think that Canada favored Whiskey and Mexico tequila, I guess facts overshadow stereotypes. Southern Europe, in places such as Italy, France, and Greece, are of course very classy and have cultural foundations of drinking wine as well as South American countries that are important makers of wine such as Chile and Argentina. It would be interesting to know more facts such as the religious preoccupations in each country and the agriculture supplying each type of beverage and the importation and exportation of certain kinds, especially because countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan have less than 0.1 liters consumed. It would also be useful to know some background information on each country such as migration histories which will influence the cultural traditions and agriculture migration. This map is of course generalized, and if seen on a larger scale, each state or province would prove different from the surrounding areas. We might see places such as Texas favoring spirits, California favoring wine (what with the famous Napa Valley) and New York favoring only beer.