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: