Lab 2: USGS Topographic maps

1. This is the Beverly Hills quadrangle.
2. The adjacent quadrangles are

1. Canoga Park
2. Van Nuys
3. Burbank
4. Topanga
5. Hollywood
6. 
   
7. Venice
8. Inglewood

3. The quadrangle first created in 1966
4. National Geodetic Vertical Datum, North American Datum of 1927, and the North American Datum of 1983
5. The scale of the map is 1:24000
6.

a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to 1200 meters on the ground.
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to 1.89393939 miles on the ground.
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to 2.64 inches on the map.
d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to 12.5 centimeters on the map.

7. The contour interval on the map is 20 feet.
8. The approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:

a) the Public Affairs Building is: 34° 4' 30'' North 118° 26' 14'' West or 34.0749° North 118.4372° West
b) the tip of Santa Monica pier is: 34° 0' 31'' North 118° 29' 52'' West or 34.0086° North 118.4979° West
c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir is: 34° 7' 10'' North 118° 24' 37'' or 34.1195° North 118.4104° West

9. The approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:

a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park) is: 177 m or 581 feet
b) Woodlawn Cemetery is: 43 m or 141 feet
c) Crestwood Hills Park is: 194 m or 636 feet

10. 11 is the UTM zone of the map.
11. 3,763,000 mN and 361,500 mE
12. 1,000,000 square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines.
13.

14. +14°
15. North to South
16.