Rockclimbing and Grub in Bishop
This mashup is for all who love rockclimbing at Bishop and want to have information on the best places to eat and sleep there. The map provides some pictures of bouldering areas around Bishop to help provide a lil nudge to those who are indecisive committing to drive the long distance. All hotel/motels and restaurants included in this map were highly rated on Yelp because the last thing you want after a long day of climbing is horrible food. This mashup will hopefully provide rockclimbers and adventurers a better look into what Bishop has to offer!
Addresses, phone numbers, and food recommendations are included for each restaurant.
View Rockclimbing and Grub of Southern California in a larger map
Neogeography has the potential to greatly expand the information that is available to people who are looking for certain niche information. Without neogeography people looking for specific information that cannot be readily found will either have to do extensive research and deal with inefficient ways of storing, compiling, and sharing that information. The advent of neogeography and accurate geographical data online have made it possible to perform the above mentioned tasks easily and accurately. This information can then be shared and used by people who are interested in the same things, which helps to create both virtual and real-world communities.
However, having readily available and accurate peronal and geographical information can contribute to a myriad of problems. People who give up their personal information that is made public may not be aware of people that may use this data for their own purposes. For example, eightmaps.com is a mashup of those who contributed money to the prop 8 campaign. Their personal information allowed people who were angry about the campaign to send hate mail and boycott thier businesses, hardly what those who contibuted expected to happen with the information they gave up.
With the advent of new technology like neogeography, standards governing the access of information must be revisited. People must be warned about the potential consequences that may occur should they give their personal information to specific parties.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Lab2
1. What is the name of the quadrangle?
>>> Beverly Hills Quadrangle
2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
>>> Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, Inglewood Quadrangles
3. When was the quadrangle first created?
>>> Topography compiled in 1966, Planimetery derived from imagery taken 1978. Photoinspected 1995. Verified 1998.
4. What datum was used to create your map?
>>> North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)
5. What is the scale of the map?
>>> Scale 1:24000
6. At the above scale, answer the following:
a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground?
>>> (24000*5 cm)/100cm = 1200 meters
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
>>> (24000*5 in)/12 in/5280 ft = 1.89 miles
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
>>>(1 mi*5280 ft*12 in) =63360 inches on ground = 63360/24000 = 2.64 inches on map
d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
>>> (3km*1000m*100cm)/24000 = 12.5 cm on the map
7. What is the contour interval on your map?
>>> 20 ft
8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:
a) the Public Affairs Building;
>>> latitude: 34° 4'28.60"N; longitude: 118°26'20.97"W
b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;
>>> latitude: 34° 0'26.90"N; longitude: 118°30'0.13"W
c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;
>>> latitude: 34° 7'14.03"N; longitude: 118°24'35.72"W
9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park);
>>> 580 ft, 176.8 m
b) Woodlawn Cemetery;
>>> 140 ft, 42.7m
c) Crestwood Hills Park;
>>> 660ft, 201.2m
10. What is the UTM zone of the map?
>>> UTM zone 11
11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
>>> northing 3,762,900 and easting 361,400
12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
>>> 1,000,000 square meters
13. Obtain elevation measurements, from west to east along the UTM northing 3771000, where the eastings of the UTM grid intersect the northing. Create an elevation profile using these measurements in Excel (hint: create a line chart). Figure out how to label the elevation values to the two measurements on campus. Insert your elevation profile as a graphic in your blog.
14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?
>>> 14 degrees east
15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir?
>>> South
16. Crop out (i.e., cut and paste) UCLA from the map and include it as a graphic on your blog.
>>> Beverly Hills Quadrangle
2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
>>> Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, Inglewood Quadrangles
3. When was the quadrangle first created?
>>> Topography compiled in 1966, Planimetery derived from imagery taken 1978. Photoinspected 1995. Verified 1998.
4. What datum was used to create your map?
>>> North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)
5. What is the scale of the map?
>>> Scale 1:24000
6. At the above scale, answer the following:
a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground?
>>> (24000*5 cm)/100cm = 1200 meters
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
>>> (24000*5 in)/12 in/5280 ft = 1.89 miles
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
>>>(1 mi*5280 ft*12 in) =63360 inches on ground = 63360/24000 = 2.64 inches on map
d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
>>> (3km*1000m*100cm)/24000 = 12.5 cm on the map
7. What is the contour interval on your map?
>>> 20 ft
8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:
a) the Public Affairs Building;
>>> latitude: 34° 4'28.60"N; longitude: 118°26'20.97"W
b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;
>>> latitude: 34° 0'26.90"N; longitude: 118°30'0.13"W
c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;
>>> latitude: 34° 7'14.03"N; longitude: 118°24'35.72"W
9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park);
>>> 580 ft, 176.8 m
b) Woodlawn Cemetery;
>>> 140 ft, 42.7m
c) Crestwood Hills Park;
>>> 660ft, 201.2m
10. What is the UTM zone of the map?
>>> UTM zone 11
11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
>>> northing 3,762,900 and easting 361,400
12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
>>> 1,000,000 square meters
13. Obtain elevation measurements, from west to east along the UTM northing 3771000, where the eastings of the UTM grid intersect the northing. Create an elevation profile using these measurements in Excel (hint: create a line chart). Figure out how to label the elevation values to the two measurements on campus. Insert your elevation profile as a graphic in your blog.
14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?
>>> 14 degrees east
15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir?
>>> South
16. Crop out (i.e., cut and paste) UCLA from the map and include it as a graphic on your blog.
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