7.5 Map- Week 2

1. What is the name of the Quadrangle?
 -Beverly Hills Quadrangle, California-Los Angeles CO. 7.5-Minute series (topographic)

2. What are the names of the Adjacent Quadrangles?
-Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, and Inglewood

3. When was the quadrangle first created?
-1995

4. What datum was used to create your map?
-NAD 27 (North American Datum of 1927) and NAD 83 (North American Datum or 1983

5. What is the scale of the map?
-1:24,0000

6 At the above scale, answer the following:
A)1200 meters on the ground
B)1.89 miles
C)2.64 in
D)12.50 cm

7. What is the contour interval on your map?
-20

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/ minutes/ seconds and decimal degrees of:
A) Public Affairs Building:
 - 34 degrees 3' 31" N 118 degrees
B) The tip of the Santa Monica Pier
- 34 degrees 00' 26" N
C) The Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir
34 degrees 07' 12 N"

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
A) Greystone Mansion
-520 feet/158.50 meters
B) Woodland Cemetery
-140 feet/42.672 meters
C) Crestwood Hills Park
-700feet/213.36 meters

10. What is the UTM Zone of the map
-11

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
 - 3763000'N and 366200' E

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

1,000 X 1,000= 1,000,000 ft^2 convert to meters 92,903.04 meters.

13. Obtain elevation measurements, for west to east along the UTM northing 3771000, where the eastings of the UTM grid intersect the northing. Create and elevation profile using these measurements in Excel (hint: create a line chart). Figure out how the 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?
-14

15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and stone canyon Reservoir?
-North to South

16. Crop out (i.e., cut and paste) UCLA from the map and include it as graphic on your blog

UCLA Campus map