Waldo R. Tobler
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican geographer (1930-2018)
Waldo Rudolph Tobler was an American-Swiss geographer and cartographer. Tobler is regarded as one of the most influential geographers and cartographers of the late 20th century and early 21st century. He is best known for coining what has come to be referred to as Tobler's first law of geography.
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University of Washington "quad" in Spring 2007
A SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) terminal used during the Cold War to analyze radar data in real-time to target Soviet bombers.
UCSB University Center and Storke Tower
The world on Tobler hyperelliptical projection. 15° graticule; α = 0, γ=1.18314; k= 2.5.
Animated dot density map of COVID-19 cases in Connecticut between March 21, 2020 and May 21, 2020
Estimated percentage of people below 150% poverty in Contiguous United States Counties, 2020 shown with a continuous, unclassified, colorscheme.![A hand map with different spatial patterns, and corresponding Moran's I values. Moran's I is often used to demonstrate the practical applications of Tobler's first law of geography.[57][58]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Q-fig2.jpg/500px-Q-fig2.jpg)
A hand map with different spatial patterns, and corresponding Moran's I values. Moran's I is often used to demonstrate the practical applications of Tobler's first law of geography.[57][58]Scientists from United States 6
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Waldo Rudolph Tobler was an American-Swiss geographer and cartographer. Tobler is regarded as one of the most influential geographers and cartographers of the late 20th century and early 21st century. He is best known for coining what has come to be referred to as Tobler's first law of geography. He also coined what has come to be referred to as Tobler's second law of geography.
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