Lab 1B

1. What is the name of the quadrangle?
Beverly_Hills_O34118A4_geo.pdf (Beverly Hills, 1995).
2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, Inglewood
3. When was the quadrangle first created?
1995
4. What datum was used to create your map?
North American Datum 1927 and 1983 (NAD 27; NAD 83)
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?
1200 meters
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
1.72 miles
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
2.64 inches
d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
12.5 cm
7. What is the contour interval on your map?
20 ft
8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and
decimal degrees of:
a) the Public Affairs Building?
34 degrees/ 4 minutes/ 28.95 seconds N by 118 degrees/ 26 minutes / 20.4 seconds W
b) the tip of Santa Monica pier?
34 degrees/ 0 minutes/ 28 seconds N by 118 degrees/ 30 minutes/ 0 seconds W
c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir?
34 degrees/ 6 minutes/ 7.2 seconds N by 118 degrees/ 24 minutes/47.8 seconds W
9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park)?
Approximately 575 feet, 179.68 meters
b) Woodlawn Cemetery?
140 feet, 43.75 meters above sea level
c) Crestwood Hills Park?
Approximately 650 feet, 203. 13 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?
34 degrees by 118 degrees
12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
1000 meters