Geography 7 Lab 2

Lab 2 Answers

1.The name of the quadrangle is Beverly Hills Quadrangle.

2.The names of the adjacent quadrangles are: Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, and Inglewood.

3.The quadrangle was first created in 1966.

4.North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27) and North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)

5.The scale of the map is 1:24,000, which means that one inch on the map is equivalent to 24,000 inches on the ground.

6a. 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to 1200 meters on the ground.
6b. 5 inches on the map is equivalent to about 1.9 miles (10,000 feet) on the ground.
6c. 1 mile on the ground (5,280 feet) is about 2.64 inches on the map.
6d. 3 kilometers (3,000 meters) on the ground is equivalent to about 12.5 centimeters on the map.

7. The contour interval of the map is 20 feet.

8a. Public Affairs -
(34 degrees, 4', 25"N), (118 degrees, 26', 20"W)   OR   34.073611N,-118.439W
8b. Tip of Santa Monica Pier -
 (34 degrees, 0', 25"N), (118 degrees, 30', 0"W)   OR    34.006944N,-118.5W
8c. Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir -
(34 degrees, 7', 10"N), (118 degrees, 24', 30"W)   OR    34.119444N ,-118.408333W

9a. Greystone Mansion, 580feet/177meters
9b. Woodlawn cemetery, 140 feet/ 43 meters
9c. Crestwood Hills park, 580 feet/ 177 meters

10. UTM Zone 11


11. 361500 meters E, 3763000 meters N


12.(1,000 x 1,000) = 1,000,000 square meters

13. Elevation Profile          

**UTM 366000m E (520) and UTM 367000m E (440) are both located on UCLA campus.

14. The magnetic declination is 14 degrees E

15. The stream flows from North to South

16.