Monday, October 10, 2011

Week2 Lab 2 USGS Topographic maps

GIS Lab 2
1)      Beverly Hills Quadrangle
2)      Canoga Park, Van Nuys,  Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice,  Ingiewood
3)      Topography compiled 1966.
4)      Datum used to create the map are : Selected hydrographic data compiled from NOS/NOAA, North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27) : Projection and 1000-meter grid: Universal Transverse Mercator, zone 11 and 10 000-foot ticks : California Coordinates System of 1927, and also the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83).
5)      1:24,000 scale
6)   a) 240x5= 1200meters. So, 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to 1200 meters on the ground.
b) 2,000x5=10000feet. So, 5 inches on the map is equivalent to 1.89393 miles on the ground.
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to 2.64 inches on the map.
d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to 12.5 centimeters on the map.
       7) The contour interval on the map is 20 feet.
       8) a) the Public Affairs Building    34°4’28’’N,  118°26’18’’W ( 34.074 degree N, 118.438 degree W)                 
         b) The tip of the Santa Monica Pier    34° 00'31''N, 118° 29'52’’ W (34.00861 degree N, 118.498 degree W)
         c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir 34°07’12’’N ,118.24’39”W (34.12 degree N, 118.41083 degree W)

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park) 560feet = 170.68800 meters
b) Woodlawn Cemetery 140 feet = 42.7 meters
c) Crestwood Hills Park   
 
700 feet = 213.36 meters
  10. The UTM zone of the map is zone 11
11.  3763 northing and 361.5 easting
12.   1,000,000 square meters

13. 
14. 14 degrees north
15.  From north to south.

16. Crop out (i.e., cut and paste) UCLA from the map and include it as a graphic

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