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Laura L. Whitlock

Laura L. Whitlock is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Laura L. Whitlock rather than just read about it. In short: Laura L. Whitlock (1862–1934) was an American cartographer, map publisher, and travel professional.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Laura L. Whitlock (1862–1934) was an American cartographer, map publisher, and travel professional.

Early life Whitlock was born in Iowa, and moved with her mother Phoebe A. Whitlock from Nebraska to Los Angeles in 1895. She was trained as a music teacher.

Career Whitlock worked as an "excursion agent" and tour guide soon after her arrival in California, organizing and leading trips to the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1895 and 1896, among other destinations. She opened a "travel and hotel bureau" in 1903, in downtown Los Angeles. She was president of the Pacific Coast Travel Club in 1907. She also ran a card catalog registry and information bureau for Shriners visiting Los Angeles for a national conference in 1907.

She had an office in the Los Angeles Times building when it was bombed in 1910, which damaged some of her work in progress. She nonetheless published an extraordinarily detailed "The Official Transportation and City Map" for Los Angeles in 1911, "the only map containing exclusive electric railway data, as the electric railway officers give no data to other publishers." Her maps were frequently copied without permission, and she was diligent in her efforts to seek legal remedy. Printer N. Bowditch Blunt was criminally convicted for copying Whitlock's maps—the first criminal conviction for copyright violation in the United States. Whitlock also brought a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Map and Address Company and the Security Savings Bank for copyright infringement when they sold unauthorized copies of her map. In 1918 she sued the city engineer of Los Angeles, alleging that he had copperplates made from some of her maps without her permission; the matter settled out of court.

Personal life Whitlock died in 1934; her gravesite is in Inglewood Park Cemetery.

References

External links A high-resolution, zoomable online scan of Laura L. Whitlock's 1911 map, UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library. Stacy Suaya, "This LA Map Has No Freeways" The Getty (May 21, 2025). Laura L. Whitlock at Find a Grave

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Laura L. Whitlock

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Laura L. Whitlock claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Laura L. Whitlock before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Laura L. Whitlock ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Laura L. Whitlock

In research: Laura L. Whitlock appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Laura L. Whitlock in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Laura L. Whitlock is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1862 births, 1934 deaths, American cartographers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Laura L. Whitlock outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Laura L. Whitlock in simple terms?

Laura L. Whitlock (1862–1934) was an American cartographer, map publisher, and travel professional.

Why does Laura L. Whitlock matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Laura L. Whitlock?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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