Friday, October 8, 2010

Lab 2: Task at hand.

in Lab 2 for geography 7 we were assigned to answer questions 1 through 5 from the 7.5 minute map.

1) the name of the quadrangle is called Beverly Hills Quadrangle

2 ) the names of the other quadrangles are the Van Nuys, Canoga Park, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, and Inglewood Quadrangles.

3) the quadrangle was first created in 1966

4) the datum used to create my map was The National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

5) the scale of the map is 1:24 000

6)a. 1200 meters
b.1.8939 miles
c.2.62 inches
d. 12.5 centimeters

7)20ft.

8)a. Public Affairs Building: latitude 34 degrees 04' 25" N; longitude:118 degrees 26' 15" W. (34.0736 degrees longitude: 118.4375 degrees)
b. the tip of the santa monica pier: latitude 34 degrees 00' 28" N; longitude: 118 degrees 29' 55" (34.00778 degrees longitude: 118.4986 degrees)
c.the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir: latitude 34 degrees 07' 20" N; longitude: 118 degrees 24' 33" (34.1222 degrees longitude: 118.4091 degrees)

9)a. Greystone Mansion (in Mansion Park): 560 feet; 170. 69 meters
b.Woodlawn Cemetery: 140 feet; 42.67 meters
c.Crestwood Hills Park: 700 feet; 213.36 meters 

10)zone 1

11)What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
37629500 Northing; 361450 Easting

12) How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
1,000, 000 square meters

13)

14) 14 degrees E.

15)flows both North and South.

16)


Lab 1: 3 images






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first lab assignment: 3 images

this map depicts the beautiful shadows of the Moon.....i chose it for my blog because it shows some of the Maria and many of the craters as well.
it was accessed on october 1, 2010


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This one is in a different color and gives it a different meaning.  It seems to show more of the topography, unlike the other maps.
it was accessed on october 1, 2010

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 This one is really nice because it shows sites for some of the Apollo landings and their correlation with Maria.
it was accessed on october 1, 2010