"The conceptualization of a map as a data-storage medium leads directly to the concept of it as a computer input element."

"It seems that some basic tasks, common to all cartography, may in the future be largely automated, and that the volum…"

"Science proceeds by detecting structures embedded in observational data. It is no simple matter to separate these gen…"

"Maps are generalized representations since it is clearly impossible to display reality in all its complexity at a red…"

"I invoke the first law of geography: everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than …"

"Philosophically, the phenomenon external to an area of interest affects what goes on in the inside; a sufficiently co…"

"Tobler’s first major achievement was the transformation of geographical cartography from a field basically concerned …"

"Waldo Tobler was a genius. Very few people are, far fewer than the normal proportions banded around, but Waldo was on…"

"The academic contributions of Waldo Tobler are noteworthy and significant, spanning essentially all disciplines that …"

"Dr. Tobler’s contribution to the field of Geographic Information Systems cannot be overstated–in fact, some would say…"