Week 2- Beverly Hills Quadrangle

1. The name of the quadrangle is the 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. For horizontal datum, North American Datum of 1927 is used, though North American Datum of 1983 is also represented by off-set corner ticks. For vertical datum, National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 is used.

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

6. a) 1,200 meters
    b) 1.89 miles
    c) 2.64 inches
    d) 12.5 centimeters

7. The contour interval is 20 feet.

8. Coordinates of:

    a) Public Affairs Building
        34.07441°, -118.43931°
        34° 4' 27.876", -118° 26' 21.516"

    b) Tip of Santa Monica Pier
        34.00749°, -118.49982°
        34° 0' 26.9634", -118° 29' 59.3514"

    c) Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir
        34.09801°, -118.41201°
        34° 5' 52.836", -118° 24' 43.2354"

9. Elevation of:

    a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park)
       550 feet
       167 meters

    b) Woodlawn cemetary
       140 feet
       42.7 meters

    c) Crestwood Hills Park
       620 feet
       189 meters

10. The UTM zone of the map is zone 11.

11. The UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of the map are 362000m E, 3763000m N.


12. 1,000,000 square meters are contained within each cell of the UTM gridlines.


13. The points in which the elevation profile crosses UCLA are demarcated by blue squares.

14. The magnetic declination of the map is 14 degrees east.

15. The intermittent stream between the 405 and the Stone Canyon Reservoir flows from north to south.

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