Tobler's first law of geography
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." This first law is the foundation of the fundamental concepts of spatial dependence and spatial autocorrelation and is utilized specifically for the inverse distance weighting method for spatial interpolation and to support the regionalized variable theory for kriging. The first law of geography is the fundamental assumption used in all spatial analysis.
Waldo Tobler in front of the Newberry Library. Chicago, November 2007
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 most well 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.
Waldo Tobler in front of the Newberry Library. Chicago, November 2007
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