Thursday, April 19, 2012

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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