Lab 2: USGS Topographic maps

Lab 2

1. Beverly Hills Quadrangle
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• Canoga Park
• Van Nuys
• Burbank
• Topanga
• Hollywood
• Venice
• Inglewood

3. 1966
4. North American Datum of 1927 and National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
5. Scale 1:24,000
6.a) (1/24,000) x (5cm/x) = 120,000cm. (120,000/100m)= 1200m
b) (1/24,000) x (5in/x)= 120,000in. . (120,000in/63,360in)= 1.89 miles
c) (1/24,000) x (x/ 1 mile)= 0.00004167 miles. (0.00004167 miles) X (63,360in/1 mile) = 2.64 inches
d) 3 kilometer = 1/24,000) x (x/3km) = 0.0001250km. (0.0001250km) X (100m/1km) X (100cm/m ) = 12.501cm
7. 20 Feet
8.a) the Public Affairs Building;
Latitude 34.07403°, Longitude 118.43916°
Latitude 34° 4′ 26.508″, Longitude 118° 26′ 20.976″
b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;
Latitude 34.00748°, Longitude 118.49994°
Latitude 34° 0′ 26.928″, Longitude 118° 29′ 59.7834″
c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;
Latitude 34.12046°, Longitude 118.41012°
Latitude 34° 7′ 13.656″, Longitude 118° 24′ 36.432″
9.a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park);
560Ft and 170.73 meters
b) Woodlawn Cemetery;
155Ft and 47.256 meter
c) Crestwood Hills Park;
730Ft and 222.56 meter
10. UTM 11 Zone
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Y axis: 3763000 m
X axis: 3615000 m
12. 1km x 1km= 1,000,000 sq. meter
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14. UTM Grid and 1999 Magnetic North Declination. Positive 14
15. North to South
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