Tobler's First Law and Spatial Analysis
2004/06/01 by Harvey J. Miller · 891 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Environmental Science · #Art #Art history #Cartography #Geography #Humanities #Land Use and Ecosystem Services #Law #Political science #Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis #Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.2004.09402005.x
published in Annals of the Association of American Geographers 94(2), 284-289 (American Association of Geographers)
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Abstract
I never thought that others would take them so much more seriously then I did. —Albert Einstein on his theories “I invoke the first law of geography: everything is related to everything else, but n...
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