Beverly Hills Quadrangle

1. What is the name of the quadrangle?
The name of the quadrangle is conveniently names the Beverly Hills Quadrangle, as it represents the area of Beverly Hills.

2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles? The adjacent quadrangles are Canoga Park to the northwest, Van Nuys to the north, Burbank to the northeast, Topanga to the west, Hollywood to east, Venice to the south, and Inglewood to the southeast.

3. When was the quadrangle first created?
The quadrangle was created in 1995.

4. What datum was used to create your map?
The National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 was used in the creation of this map.

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

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 equal to 1200 meters
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
5 inches is equal to 1.89 miles
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
1 mile is equal to 2.64 inches
d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
3 kilometers is equal to 12.5 centimeters

7. What is the contour interval on your map?
The contour interval of the map is 20 feet.

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:a) the Public Affairs Building?
Latitude: 34.07423 (dd)/34° 4' 27.228"
Longitude: -118.43915 (dd)/-118° 26' 20.9394"

b) the tip of Santa Monica pier?
Latitude: 34.00761 (dd)/34° 0' 27.3954"
Longitude: -118.49971 (dd)/-118° 29' 58.9554"

c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir?
Latitude: 34.12069 (dd)/34° 7' 14.484"
Longitude: -118.41013 (dd)/-118° 24' 36.4674"

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park)?
approx 560 feet/170.688 meters
b) Woodlawn Cemetery?
approx 140 feet/42.672 meters
c) Crestwood Hills Park?
approx 630 feet/192.024 meters

10. What is the UTM zone of the map?
The Beverly Hills quadrangle is located in UTM zone 11.

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
The UTM coordinates in the lower left corner are 3763000 and 3762000.

12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
Each square of the UTM gridlines 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 (hint: create a line chart). Figure out how to label the elevation values to the two measurements on campus. Insert your elevation profile as a graphic in your blog.

These are elevation estimates for the 3771000 UTM northing, with the two elevations at the easting intersections that pass through UCLA labeled.

14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?
The magnetic declination of the map is 14 degrees to the east.

15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir?
Water in the stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir flows north to south, as the elevation decreases.

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