Lab 1b: Reading a Topographic Map

1. Beverly Hills Quadrangle
2. Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, and Inglewood.
3. 1995
4. The datum used is the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 along with the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) and the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).
5. 1:24000
6. A) 5cm = 1200 meters
   B) 5 inches = 1.89 miles
   C) 1 mile = 2.64 inches
   D) 3 km  = 12.5 cm
7. The contour interval is 20 feet.
8. Public Affairs
   34.07424° N, 118.43922° W
   34°4’27” N, 118°26’21” W
   
   Tip of Santa Monica pier
   34.00746° N, 118.50004° W
   34°0’26” N, 118°30’0” W
   
   Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir
   34.1222° N, 118.40950° W
   34°7’20” N, 118°24’34” W
   
9. Greystone Mansion =
   570 ft
   173.736 m
   
   Woodlawn Cemetery =
   140 ft
   42.672 m
   
   Crestwood Hills Park =
   700 ft
   213.36 m
10. UTM zone is 11.
11. UTM coordinates are ³⁷63000 N and ³62000 E
12. 1,000,000 square meters
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14. Magnetic declination = 14°48’
15. Water flows southward (north to south)
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