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"The conceptualization of a map as a data-storage medium leads directly to the concept of it as a computer input element."
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Waldo ToblerMaps are generalized representations since it is clearly impossible to — Waldo Tobler
"Maps are generalized representations since it is clearly impossible to display reality in all its complexity at a reduced scale. Not too surprisingly, map makers are unable to provide explicit abstract statements about the process of map generalization, but some empirical evidence suggests constancy of information content per map centimeter squared, regardless of map scale."
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Waldo Tobler
Waldo Tobler
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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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"It seems that some basic tasks, common to all cartography, may in the future be largely automated, and that the volume of maps produced in a given time will be increased while the cost is reduced."
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"Science proceeds by detecting structures embedded in observational data. It is no simple matter to separate these general structures from the specific details."
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"I invoke the first law of geography: everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things"
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