Sunday, October 21, 2012

Neogeography - My Own Map

Neogeography

Over the past few years, neogeography's popularity has exploded. Without realizing, people use it almost every day. When someone uses google maps to find a route, the user is creating a map using neogeography. User interaction with maps enables people to accomplish many complex tasks. For example, a fisherman now has the ability to digitally map his daily route, compile the data of how many fish he caught at each location, analyze,  and maximize his future catch.

However, there are many serious implications to neogeography. As a result of the ease of access, many uninformed or unintelligent people can make maps and distribute them. If an uninformed person makes a map based on what they believe to be true, there is a chance that the map will not correlate with reality. Any number of bad things can happen in someone relies on a flawed map. Neogeography is so easy, everyone can do it. Thus, many fail to put ample time and effort into the creation of maps.



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~ DAVID PHILLIPS

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Beverly Hills Quadrangle

  1. We are looking at the Beverly Hills Quadrangle
  2. Adjacent Quadrangles:
    1. Canoga Park
    2. Van Nuys
    3. Burbank
    4. Topanga
    5. Hollywood
    6. Venice
    7. Inglewood
  3.  Year: 1966
  4. National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (Also, North American Datum of 1927)
  5. 1:24000
  6.  
    1. (A) 1200 meters
    2. (B) 1.894 miles
    3. (C) .379 inches
    4. (D) 12.5 centimeters
  7.  Contour Interval: 20 feet\
  8. Coordinates:
    1. (A) 34º 03' 40" N, 118º 26' 30" W
      1. 34.0611 N, 118.4416 W
    2. (B) 34º 20' 00" N, 118º 29' 55"
      1. 34.3333 N, 118.4986 W
    3. (C) 34º 07' 15" N, 118º 24' 45" W
      1. 34.1208 N, 118.4125 W
  9.  
    1. 560 ft or 171 meters
    2. 40 ft or 12 meters
    3. 700 ft or 213 meters
  10.  UTM Zone: S11
  11. 3763000 mN, 362000mE
  12. 1,000,000 square meters
  13. Blank
  14. 14º
  15. South

BY DAVID PHILLIPS