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.

Interesting Maps

http://revolvingdoorcommune.wordpress.com/

I found this map on "The Revolving Door Commune Blog." It's a really old map of the world, that illustrates how differently people used to view the Earth. You can clearly see the different continents, but there are many differences between this one and a current world map. The mapping systems and ways of viewing the landscape were extremely different than they are today, and the differences are clearly illustrated. One thing I find interesting is the enormity of Antarctica in comparison to the other continents. As it had yet to be explored, map makers had no concrete information to go by, thus Antarctica's size.

http://www.ecvs.org/sevilla/PDF/Mapa%20SEVILLA.gif

I'm sure not everyone will find this map as interesting as I do. This is a map of Sevilla, Spain where I spent the Fall quarter of last year. Not being a native of the city, I spent many moments staring at this very map and studying each portion of the city. One of the many interesting characteristics of this map is its orientation. The north side of the city is on the left side while the South is on the right. The reason for this is not simply because the map maker felt like going against the norm of N being at the top, but because this is how the people who live in Sevilla perceive their city. Everyone orients themselves by the river (Rio Guadalquivir) which runs to the west of the old city center. An easier way to look at it, is by thinking of the river below the city, and everything else oriented around it. This is how I grew to perceive the city, and my mental map looks just like this one. Sevilla is a city with hundreds of small streets that go in tons of different directions, so for visitors, a map is essential...and even with a map getting lost is very likely. This map doesn't even come close to showing every street in the city, but mainly serves to give a general idea of where things are in the city.

http://www.worldmapper.org/countrycartograms/

This map represents the Earth by population density. Much different than your typical map of the world, larger population equals larger space on the map. Places like Australia, Russia, and Antarctica, that take up and enormous amount of land area on Earth, are virtually non-existent in comparison to very populous places on this map. I like this map because contrary to looking at the world as the eyes can see it, it allows you to visualize it in a different way. It seems almost strange to see that some of the most powerful nations in the world seem so tiny in comparison to places like India and China.