Waldo Tobler: An appreciation of the contributions made to geographic information science

Unwin, David

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“…2019). Developments in cartography and the presentation of spatial data (Robinson et al, 2017; Cheshire and Uberti, 2017), much of it pioneered by Tobler (see Unwin, 2019), include increasing use of cartograms (Tobler, 2004; Dorling and Thomas, 2016; Nusrat and Kobourov, 2016; Harris et al, 2018).…”

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Quantitative methods II: How we moved on – Decades of change in philosophy, focus and methods

Johnston

Harris

Jones

et al. 2019

Progress in Human Geography

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The first of these three reports reprised human geography’s theoretical and quantitative revolutions’ origins, covering the philosophy, focus and methods that dominated their early years. Over the subsequent decades the nature of work categorised as quantitative human geography changed very considerably – in philosophy, focus and methods. This second report summarises those changes, highlighting the main features of the extensive volume of work published over the last five decades, as a prelude to the final report that will focus on the contemporary nature of quantitative human geography and its likely futures.

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confidence: 99%

Quantitative methods II: How we moved on – Decades of change in philosophy, focus and methods

Johnston

Harris

Jones

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Progress in Human Geography

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“…The goal of this article is intentionally different, like Tobler himself. There have been a number of obituary and reflection pieces already, including Clarke (2018), Dorling and Hennig (2018), and Unwin (2019). Further, many of the articles in this special issue review and/or address topics for which Tobler made particularly important contributions.…”

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Overview of Contributions inGeographical Analysis: Waldo Tobler

Murray

Baik

et al. 2020

Geographical Analysis

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The academic contributions of Waldo Tobler are noteworthy and significant, spanning essentially all disciplines that involve the study of geographic phenomena. While much attention has been given to his observations of the first law of geography, there is much more substance to his larger body of research. It is especially fitting that this commemorative special issue is appearing in Geographical Analysis as Tobler published extensively in the journal, beginning in the first volume in 1969 up to volume 42 in 2010, making important contributions to quantitative theoretical geography. His research helped to build and sustain the journal, laying the foundation for what is the premier quantitative geography outlet today. This article reviews his publication activity in Geographical Analysis.

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Waldo Tobler: An appreciation of the contributions made to geographic information science

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Quantitative methods II: How we moved on – Decades of change in philosophy, focus and methods

Quantitative methods II: How we moved on – Decades of change in philosophy, focus and methods

Overview of Contributions inGeographical Analysis: Waldo Tobler

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