Week 2 Lab: Exploring the Beverly Hills Quadrangle

Lab Answers.

1. The name of the quadrangle is the Beverly Hills Quadrangle.
2. The adjacent quadrangles are Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice and Inglewood.
3. The topography for this quadrangle was initially compiled in 1966.
4. The North American Datum of 1927 and 1983 as well as the National Geodetic Data of 1929 were used to create this map.
5. The scale of the map is 1:24,000.
1. 5 centimeters on the map is 1,200 meters on the ground.
2. 5 inches on the map is equivalent to 1.894 miles on the ground.
3. 1 mile on the ground is 2.64 inches on the map.
4. 3 kilometers on the ground is 12.5 centimeters on the map.
7. The Contour interval is 20 feet.
1. The Public Affairs Building is at 34° 4’ 22” N Latitude and -118° 26’ 24” W Longitude (37.073°, -118.44°).
2. The tip of the Santa Monica Pier is at 34° 0’ 25” N Latitude and -118 ° 29’ 56” W Longitude (34.007°, -118.499°).
3. The upper edge of the Franklin Reservoir is at 34° 6’ 11” N Latitude and -118° 24’ 49” W Longitude. (34.103°, -118.414°).
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1. Greystone Mansion is at 580 feet and 177 meters elevation.
2. Woodlawn Cemetery is at 140 feet and 43 meters elevation.
3. Crestwood Hills Park is at approximately 720 feet and 222 meters elevation
10. This map is in UTM zone 11.
11. ³⁷63⁰⁰⁰ meters North and ³62⁰⁰⁰ meters East are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of the map.
12. Each cell contains 1,000,000 m², or 1 km².
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14. The magnetic declination of the map is 14°.
15. The stream between the 405 and Stone Canyon Reservoir flows south.
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