Waldo Rudolph Tobler (November 16, 1930 – February 20, 2018) was an American-Swiss geographer and cartographer. Tobler is regarded as one of the most influential...
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Waldo Tobler's (November 16, 1930 – February 20, 2018) publications span between 1957 and 2017, with his most productive year being 1973. Despite retirement...
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The Tobler hyperelliptical projection is a family of equal-area pseudocylindrical projections that may be used for world maps. Waldo R. Tobler introduced...
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Theodor Tobler (1876–1941), a Swiss chocolatier who co-created Toblerone chocolate Titus Tobler (1806–1877), a Swiss Oriental scholar Waldo R. Tobler (born...
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word "resel" is related to the words "pixel", "texel", and "voxel". Waldo R. Tobler is probably among the first to use the word. Kell factor Full width...
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The First Law of Geography, according to Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things...
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tabulated values. Now has a polynomial. 1973 Tobler hyperelliptical Pseudocylindrical Equal-area Waldo R. Tobler A family of map projections that includes...
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projection introduced by Karl Siemon in 1935, and independently in 1966 by Waldo R. Tobler, who named it. It is characterized by the fact that loxodromes (rhumb...
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recently, they were still not easy to create in most mapping software. Waldo R. Tobler, in formally introducing the unclassed scheme in 1973, asserted that...
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List of eponymous laws (section R–S)
Tobler's first law of geography: "Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Coined by Waldo R....
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distorted shapes, making them a prime target for computer automation. Waldo R. Tobler developed one of the first algorithms in 1963, based on a strategy...
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Prize in 1994, one of the most important geographers in South America. Waldo R. Tobler (1930–2018), developer of the First law of geography. Gamal Hamdan...
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eradication strategy Pappy Boyington, World War II combat fighter ace Waldo R. Tobler Influential American geographer and cartographer known for his first...
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improved upon, even in the age of computer graphics. During the 1980s, Waldo Tobler conducted experiments to create flow maps by computer. Early computer-generated...
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physicist Waldo Semon – inventor of vinyl and synthetic rubber Bell M. Shimada (B.S. 1947, M.S. 1948, Ph.D. 1956) – fisheries scientist Waldo R. Tobler – American-Swiss...
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large, superellipse-shaped overhanging balcony. Waldo R. Tobler developed a map projection, the Tobler hyperelliptical projection, published in 1973, in...
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was known for work in geography, surveying practices, and history Waldo R. Tobler (1930–2018), developed the first law of geography Judith Tyner (United...
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Endangered Species Act signed into law in the United States. Waldo R. Tobler introduces the Tobler hyperelliptical projection. A successful method of Vitamin...
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prize in 1994, one of the most important geographers in South America. Waldo R. Tobler (born 1930) – developer of the First law of geography. Yi-Fu Tuan (born...
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Wright, who has sometimes been incorrectly credited with its invention. Waldo R. Tobler introduced one of the first computer algorithms for dasymetric mapping...
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systems (GIS). Notable early pioneers in GIS are Roger Tomlinson and Waldo Tobler. Simultaneously, new data sources, such as remote sensing and GPS, were...
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which describes the forces that create the distance decay effect. Waldo R. Tobler's "First law of geography", an informal statement that "All things are...
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The second law of geography, according to Waldo Tobler, is "the phenomenon external to a geographic area of interest affects what goes on inside." This...
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Friedland, rural sociologist (b. 1923) DeWitt Hale, politician (b. 1917) Waldo R. Tobler, geographer and cartographer (b. 1930) February 21 – Billy Graham,...
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most known for work on GIS, or computer mapping David Lopez-Carr Waldo R. Tobler, known for his first law of geography Tanya Atwater, instrumental in...
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List of geographers (section R)
Thünen (Germany, 1783–1850) Joy Tivy (Ireland/Scotland, 1924–1995) Waldo R. Tobler (US, 1930–2018) Wilhelm Tomaschek (Austrian Empire, 1841–1901) Roger...
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manage spatial information Torsten Hägerstrand – Swedish geographer Waldo R. Tobler – American geographer Yi-Fu Tuan – Chinese-American geographer (1930–2022)...
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leukaemia. Irene Strong, 88, Canadian Olympic swimmer (1948, 1952). Waldo R. Tobler, 87, American geographer and cartographer. Zigmas Zinkevičius, 93,...
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the award in the year specified: 1968: Richard Edes Harrison 1989: Waldo R. Tobler 1997: Maidarjavyn Ganzorig 1998: Chen Shupeng 1998: Arthur H. Robinson...
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American Association of Geographers (section Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group Tobler Lecture Award)
of Waldo Tobler with prominent speakers in Geographic information science. Speakers are awarded the "Waldo Tobler Award." Winners of the Waldo Tobler Award...
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