Beverly Hills Quadrangle Assignment

1. What is the name of the quadrangle?

It is called the Beverly Hills Quadrangle. This information is located in the upper right corner of the map.

2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?

To the north is (2) the Van Nuys Quad, to the east is (5) the Hollywood Quad, to the south is (7) the Venice Quad and to the west is (4) the Topanga Quad. The northeast is (3) Burbank, to the southeast is (8) Inglewood, to the southwest is (6) an unassigned area, possibly the ocean, and to the northwest is (1) the Canoga Park Quad.

3. When was the quadrangle first created?

All data used to create the map was obtained earlier, but compiled in 1995 to create this particular quadrangle. I found this information in the lower left corner of the map.

4. What datum was used to create your map?

The datum is from the North American Datum of 1927, as well as the North American Datum of 1983. Additional datum was gathered from USGS topography from 1966, planimetry from 1978 and other sources. Hydrographic data is compiled from NOS/NOAA chart from 1964. Coordinates are from the California Coordinate System and the National Geodetic Vertical Data. This information was also from the lower left corner.

5. What is the scale of the map?

The scale is denoted in a dimensionless ratio of 1:24 000. This is found in the center at the bottom of the map.

6. At the above scale, answer the following:

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

5 centimeters is 1200 meters.

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

5 inches is 1.89 miles.

c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?

1 mile is 2.64 inches.

d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?

3 kilometers is 12.5 centimeters.

7. What is the contour interval on your map?

The contour interval of the map is 20 feet. The supplementary contour interval is 10 feet. This is found below the scale and graphic.

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:

a) the Public Affairs Building?

DMS: 34º04'26" and -118º26'21"

DD: 34.07398º and -118.43923º

b) the tip of Santa Monica pier?

DMS: 34º0'26" and -118º30'3"

DD: 34.00732º and -118.50073º

c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir?

DMS: 34º7'18" and 118º25'33"

DD: 34.12175º and -118.40907º

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

a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park)?

560 feet=170.688 meters.

b) Woodlawn Cemetery?

140 feet=42.672 meters.

c) Crestwood Hills Park?

630 feet=192.024 meters.

10. What is the UTM zone of the map?

The UTM is the Universal Transverse Mercator Grid, which divides the earth into 60 north-south zones, 6 degrees wide. The Beverly Hills Quad falls into Zone 11, which covers 120 degrees to 114 degrees; the map covers a range around 118 degrees. I found a UTM Zone Map on the USGS website.

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

The UTM coordinates in the lower left are 3763000 and 362000.

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

Each UTM cell contains 1,000,000 square meters.

13. Obtain elevation measurements, from west to east along the UTM northing 3771000, where the eastings of the UTM grid intersect the northing. Create an elevation profile using these measurements in Excel. Figure out how to label the elevation values to the two measurements on campus. Insert your elevation profile as a graphic in your blog.

Above: I included all elevation estimates and indicated the two elevations on campus with yellow arrows and a label.

14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?

The declination is the difference between true north and magnetic north, so it is positive 14 degrees to the East. This is indicated by a chart at the bottom of the map.

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

This stream flows from North to South.

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

Above: I included part of the Ronald Reagan Medical Center, because I wasn't sure if this would also be considered part of the UCLA campus.