Lab 3: Neogeography

Map of some of the filming locations for the 2005 film "Crash".

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While neogeography is very useful, there are many consequences for using their maps. First of all, the maps are user-centric. This means that it is created by the user with information intended for either a specific person or a specific group of people. Since it is created by the user, this means that there could be errors in the information provided. A person could easily create a map that has a lot of information, however, all of this information could in fact be false making the map completely useless.

Another pitfall of neogeography is that you are limited by the toolsets you are provided for creating the maps. In the case of using Google Maps, the user is only able to use tools created by Google. If there was some special format the user wanted the map in, he or she would have to use a different program to create their map. In addition to toolsets, you are also limited by the maps provided. Using Google Maps, you are not able to use a topographical map to create a mashup. Although the user is limited, programs like Google Maps continues to improve their tools in order to decrease the limitations users face when creating personalized maps.

Lab 2: USGS Topographic maps

1. The map is of the Beverly Hills Quadrangle.

2. The adjacent quadrangles

are:

-Canoga Park

-Van Nuys

-Burbank

-Topanga

-Hollywood

-Venice

-Inglewood

3. It was first created in 1

966.

4. The datum used to create ma

p are:

-North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27)

-North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)

-National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

5. The scale of the map is 1:24,000.

6. For the above scale:

a) 5 cm on the map is equivalent to 1200 m on the ground.

b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to 1.89 mile on the ground.

c) 1 mile on the ground is equivalent to 2.64 inches on the map.

d) 3 km on the ground is

equivalent to 12.5 cm on the map.

7. The contour interval is 20 feet.

8. Geographic coordinates of:

a) Public Affairs Building: 34 deg 4' 30" N and 118 deg 26' 15" W or 34.075 deg N and 118.4375 deg W

b) Tip of Santa Monica pier: 34 deg 0' 24" N and 118 deg 30' 0" W or 34.007 deg N and 118.5 deg W

c) Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir: 34 deg 7' 10" N and 118 deg 24' 30" W or 34.119 deg N and 118.408 deg W

9. Elevation of:

a) Greystone Mansion: 560 ft or 170.7 m

b) Woodlawn Cemetery: 1

40 ft or 42.7 m

c) Crestwood Hills Park: 700 ft or 213.4 m

10. The UTM zone of the map is zone 11.

11. The UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of the map is approximately northing 3763000 and easting 361500.

12. There are 1,000,000 square meters contained within each cell of UTM gridlines.

13. Elevation Profile

14. The magnetic declination of the map is 14 degrees east.

15. The intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir flows south since the elevation decreases in the this direction.

16. UCLA map: