Week 2

1. The name of the quadrangle is Beverly Hills.

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 1995.

4. The datum used to create the map was the United States Geological Survey.

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

6. a.) 5 Meters on the map is equivalent to 1,200 meters on the ground.

    b.) 5 Inches on the map is equivalent to 1.9 Miles on the ground.

    c.) One mile on the map is equivalent to 63,360 inches on the map.

    d.) Three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to 12.5 centimeters on the map.

7. The contour interval is 20 feet.

8. a.) Public Affairs Building: 34°4”30’ N; 118°26”00’W. 34.075N; 118.43333W

    b.) Tip of Santa Monica Pier: 34°00”15’N; 118°30”00’W. 34.00417N; 118.50W

    c.) Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir: 34°6”00’N; 118°24”45’W. 34.10N; 118.4125W

9. a.) Graystone Mansion: 560 feet; 170.688 meters

    b.) Woodlawn Cemetery: 140 feet; 42.672 meters

    c.) Crestwood Hills Park:  600 feet; 182.88 meters

10. The UTM zone of the map is 11.

11. The UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of my map are ³⁷63^000mN; ³62^000mE.

12. There are 2,000 square meters within each square of the UTM gridlines.

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14. The magnetic declination of the map is 14°

15. The water flows North in the stream between the 405 and Stone Canyon Reservoir.
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