Beverly Hills, CA
2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, Anglewood, Quadrangle six not listed.
3. When was the quadrangle first created?
1995
4. What datum was used to create your map?
The North American Datum of 1927, although the NAD 1983 is also shown by dashed corner ticks.
5. What is the scale of the map?
1 : 24,000
6. At the above scale, answer the following:
(a) 5 cm on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground?
1200 m
(b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
1.89 mi
(c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
2.64 mi
(d) 3 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 feet
9. What is the aproximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
(a) greystone mansion (in greystone park),
It lies in the range of 540-590 ft.
(b) woodlawn cemetary
140 ft
(c) crestwood hills park
630 ft
10. What is th UTM zone of the map?
zone 11
11. What are the utm coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
3763000 m N and 362000 m E
12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
1000
13. Obtain elevation measurements, from west to east along the UTM northing 377100, where the eastings of the UTM grid intersect the northing. Create an elevation profile using these measruements in excel. Figure out how to label the elevation values to the two measurements on campus. Insert your elevation profile as the graphic in your blog.
*Note: UCLA data points are outlined in yellow.
14 degrees east
15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and stone canyon reservoir?
It flows south! You can tell by looking at the elevations along the stream. In the northern areas, the stream is at a higher elevation, suggesting southbound flow.
16. Crop out UCLA and include as a graphic on your blog.
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