Lab 2: USGS Topographic Maps

1. Quadrangle title: BEVERLY HILLS, CA 1995

2. Adjacent quadrangles: N. VAN NUYS QUADRANGLE; NE. BURBANK; E. HOLLYWOOD; SE. INGLEWOOD; S. VENICE; SW. UNKNOWN; W. TOPANGA

3. First Version Created: 1966

4. Datum used to create the map: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; Horizontal datum- North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) 1000 meter grid; North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) adjustment via dashed corner ticks

5. Map Scale: 7.5 minute; 1:24,000

6. a) 5cm on the map is equivalent to 1200 meters on the ground.  b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to 1.89 miles.  c) One mile on the ground is equivalent to 0.378 inches on the map.  d) Three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to 12.5 centimeters on the map.

7. Contour interval: 20 feet

8. Approximate geographic coordinates: a) Public Affairs Building 34°4'0" N, 118°26'30" W [34.067° N, 118.442° W] / b) Santa Monica Pier 34°00'38" N, 118°30' W [34.012° N, 118.5° W] / c) Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir 34°7'00" N, 118°24'00" W [34.117° N, 118.400° W]

9.  Approximate elevations: Greystone Mansion 600 feet or 183 meters; Woodlawn Cemetery 160 feet or 49 meters; Crestwood Hills Park 740 feet or 226 meters.

10. UTM zone: 11

11. UTM coordinates from lower left corner: 3763000m easting, 362000m northing

 12. There are 1000000 square meters contained within each cell of the UTM gridlines.

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14. There is a 14°/249 MILS magnetic declination on this map.

15. East, from higher elevation to lower elevation

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